Poem of the Week |30| Bubaloo

By Patrick Holloway Last updated Sep 1, 2015

Bubaloo

Boomeranging distance
Between us, I throw it away
And it hurtles back
Like the hooves
Of a hundred horses
Upon muddied sand.

I remember pulling
Bubble-gum between my teeth
And wanting it to stretch
Further than the length
Of my arm.

Walking that thin, rubbery line now
Is like watching you breathe
In and out and waiting
For silence.

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Last year Patrick Holloway's story 'Laughing and Turning Away' took second place in the Raymond Carver short story contest and was published by Carve. He was also shortlisted for the Dermot Healy Poetry Prize, Over the Edge New Writer award and The Bath Short Story Award. His stories and poems have been published by Overland, Poetry Ireland Review, Papercuts, The Illanot Review, The Stinging Fly, among others. He has recently completed his first novel. His greatest achievement is his baby girl, Aurora.

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