On the Dublin Riots

How do you feel today I wonder?
Sitting at the kitchen table in your new Nikes.
Are you pouring milk onto his coco pops with a steady hand?
Does the herd mentality still turn you on, 
Arouse your fantasises of what it is to be “Irish”, what it is to be a
“Real man.”
Or do you pull away from his gaze a little quicker now?
Afraid that he can see you.
Afraid that you might see yourself in what he could become.

—Grace O’Malley