Poems by Sara O’Loughlin | Momentist 3

POEMS
by
Sara O'Loughlin

Due to their layout, these poems are best read on a tablet or computer screen.

To continue reading on your mobile, please change over to landscape mode.

Thank you.

Learning to love the bomb

I meet a girl in the bathroom who tells me she buys shoes a size too small

Because her feet are too big for her body

She says her feet are always numb

But it looks right

This same girl, she looks me up and down

Tells me I look well

It worries me

That my skin is blooming with trouble

I am lost in the vast cathedrals of memory

With the hands of worry on my neck

But I look good, I look right

And I’m learning to love the bomb

Learning to Love the bomb

I meet a girl in the bathroom who tells me she buys shoes a size too small

Because her feet are too big for her body

She says her feet are always numb

But it looks right

This same girl, she looks me up and down

Tells me I look well

It worries me

That my skin is blooming with trouble

I am lost in the vast cathedrals of memory

With the hands of worry on my neck

But I look good, I look right

And I’m learning to love the bomb

Swimming

Now that it’s over I can say

You had my teeth on the curb

I’m glad they took your boots while you were swimming

swimming

Now that it’s over I can say

You had my teeth on the curb

I’m glad they took your boots while you were swimming

Sara O’Loughlin is a writer living in Dublin. She is currently working on a novel about ethics in modern society.