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Donall Dempsey
Poems
Jul 2019
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
THOUGHT EXPERIMENT
Albert catches
the train to Vienna.
It is moving
at the speed of light.
He puts the torch to ON...
but it doesn't come....on.
He's forgotten to
put batteries in.
The practical always
gets him.
Instead, he watches his head
decapitated in the dark.
floating in the window
staring back at
him
(self).
His reflection surreally
more real than he..
His mind caught
between two worlds.
The train dashes out of
this tunnelled darkness
& suddenly reality is all
sunlight & cows
trees frantically trying to
keep up with the train.
He also has a theory about
relatives.
He takes out his notebook
& amidst all
the hieroglyph of
calculations
he makes an important
note to self
in a scrawl only he
can decipher
"Don't forget
batteries!"
Written by
Donall Dempsey
Guildford
(Guildford)
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