Poems Niederngasse

Colin O'Sullivan
Truffles

We wade
weighed
through reams
of shit
to get to a point
like this:
Here on a January bed
with the acknowledged fury
of silent desire
we yank open
each
shell

bite through the outer
and let inner sweet
ooze forth.

Colin O'Sullivan is an Irish writer living in Hiroshima, Japan. His
poetry and short stories have been published in his homeland and in
England, Scotland and America.  email:  C.O'Sullivan