ANTHEM

how
long
you
been
here
you been here you been here long wouldn’t
know with the sound the sound I wouldn’t
know I wouldn’t know the sound
you’d be lovely somewhere
else somewhere else
and you’d be
lovely if
only you
were somewhere else
i thought you were speaking
a different language a language different
from speaking a language from thought
anything would sound good in your accent
in your accent anything
is there anything
good in your accent
how
long
you
been
here

Emer Lyons

Emer Lyons is a lesbian writer from West Cork living in Ōtepoti.