Poem: ‘Ice Rink’
Richard Murphy, 7 February 1985
Reflections of a spotlit mirror-ball, Casting a light net over a pearl pond In oval orbits, magnify my haul Of small fry at a disco, coiled in sound.
On anti-clockwise tracks, all shod with steel, Initiates feel exalted; starlets glide To cut more ice with convoluted skill Practising tricks that lure them to backslide.
Their figure-carving feet have chased my skin With puckish onslaught. Gloss...