Declan Geraghty
Sharks Came Swimming from the Right
The waves are dotted with different colours when the sun hits
and that can depend from your perspective
they came like dolphins at first
they seemed to promise things
water shot out fountains
basking on warm balmy waters
but the water sudded
foamy
and they began swimming around us in circles
and the white foamy water began to turn red
as we screamed and shouted for mercy from the poverty
and a frenzy began
and the bills got bigger
and the rent
and Varadkar said
everyone that works is middle class
does that include the little fish
on a tenner an hour
and Varadkar said
he’s for the people who get up early in the morning
code for the big fish to frenzy more on the small
code for hating the poor
the unemployed
and the sea ran redder
and there was nothing left
not even our blood
but they still kept feeding
they still kept taking.
Declan Geraghty is a writer and poet from Dublin. Born in Dublin 14/08/1980. He’s had poetry published in The Brown Envelope Book, Visions 2020 and Cry of The Poor. He’s had short stories feature in the anthologies From the Plough to the Stars, Dublin in The Coming Times, Home Boys Home, Land of the Ever Young, The Flying Superhero Clothes Horse and Mustang Bally. He has poetry online published with Culture matters UK and flash fiction published with Epoque Press. His latest publication entitled Brigid was edited by Declan Burke and features in the Knock and enter collection.