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Lullaby #6

by Vahni Capildeo

Outre-mer

 

sheep   sheepsheep sheep,sheep,sheep   sHEEp

sheep, sheep, sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

eep   Sheep…   I want to be seeing

these sheep with you   seeing the same

sheep you would be seeing   you should

be sleeping now… I bet you’re not

 

So should I   sleepless   the motor’s

juddery cradlesong going miles

 

Let the giraffes out of the zoo

Let them roam Queen’s Park Savannah

 

The sheep must be nibbling the turf

Green and grey and fine and coarse

The grain of grass too far to see

Only   though further   the sea

Only   and further   blue   the sea

 

Lullaby #7

Published: October 2020
Vahni Capildeo

is Writer in Residence at the University of York, where their research focus is on silence. Recent work includes Skin Can Hold (Carcanet, 2019), Odyssey Calling (Sad Press, 2020) and Light Site (Periplum Poetry, 2020), reflecting Capildeo’s interest in place, plurilingualism, and immersive or participatory performance, such as Trinidad’s traditional masquerade.

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