“Shook Lookin’” – a poem by Monica Corish, inspired by Leonie McKiernan’s article “First Hand Experience of a Very Steep Irish Learning Curve”

I’m grand.
Yes, grand.
Everything
Is grand.
I’m grand,
You’re grand,
We’re all
Grand.
Right so.
Someone
Will tell you
“You’re looking grand”
But as soon
As you walk away
They’ll be sure to observe
How
“Shook lookin’”
You’ve become.
Beware.
There’s
A very short
Slippery slope
Between
Shook lookin’”
And
“Horrid shook lookin’”
Just
One step up
From being
.................. A corpse.
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