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Outpouring
by Miriam Spillane
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Get more than one use
out of a basin of water.
The walk, the pumping, the full buckets,
water as heavy as shame.
The no parties, the no friends
No invites to a house with no water.
Later, when a tap was sunk
in the backyard, the first glass
tasting of earth, half warm.
The grit banging against your teeth
was as sweet as life beginning.
Miriam Spillane is a poet from Cork. This poem describes rural hardship during the 1980s, a poverty that has influenced her writing and volunteer work.
Poetry submissions to thursdaypoems@gmail.com.
