Mackarel-Cogarty
An unfinished poem by the Manx poet, Coobragh Donnaghey.
Mackarel Fibbertey squints, flabbergasted to fits,
across the newsdesk at the opponent to his worldview,
Cogarty Ó Ríornagháin. Mackarel
knows exactly that the world as we know it
is impossible to navigate
without some form of graftborne income,
and this in itself is probably no controversial weltanschauung,
but he feels like he’s going insane
with the refusal of those around him to
apply the principle, as he sees it, evenly.
Cogarty cannot credit his cognisance completely as
Mackarel makes a mockery of mankind’s craft,
magnanimously calling their efforts for naught,
wars fought as well as minerals sought; taut-lipped,
he tries a tact less trodden
to rise a tactless troll and
calls the man a cunt,
but not in an entirely derogatory way, you understand.
A moment bought by the roaming thought
gives way to gainsay of the diplomatic sort:
The poem was found surrounded with notes suggesting that one of the characters would argue that the moonlooming ensured work for Manx men, along with a mysterious note comprising of “the villain by allegory”, thus qualifying it for this collection.