Sunday, July 26, 2015

The Saturday poem: Finally

by Andrew McMillan

'You’ll realise that the beach was not the place
where horses tore the sand to ribbon' … from 'Final
'You’ll realise that the beach was not the place where horses tore the sand to ribbon' … from 'Finally'. Photograph: Alamy
a day will come when
woken by the xylophone
of sunthroughblinds
you’ll realise


that the beach was not the place
where horses tore the sand
to ribbon


that the scent of him has lifted
from the last of the sheets
that he isn’t coming back


that it hasn’t rained
but the birds are pretending that it has
so they can sing


From Physical by Andrew McMillan (Cape, £10). 

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