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Narcissus by Blake Morrison

Narcissus

Thinking the boiler had packed up from lack of oil
I climbed the rusty tank to peer down the hatch
and there I was, bright-faced and young again,
in the viscous black pool at the bottom. 

		Blake Morrison

Reprinted by permission of Chatto & Windus from Shingle Street (2015)

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