Deep Regret For Vicky Phelan (After Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18) Fair to unfair sometimes declines Nothing fair in deep regret Pin striped contrition, empty chimes In a burial of misread checks. Nothing fair in deep regret Darling shakes the stealthy state. In a burial of misread checks Lovely girls are temperate. Darling shakes the stealthy state By chance a trimmed page is flagged Lovely girls are temperate In the shadow of death’s brag. By chance a trimmed page is flagged Pin striped contrition, empty chimes In the shadow of death’s brag Fair to unfair sometimes declines. Róisín Bugler
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