Saturday, 29 November 2025

One Poem by Daphne Wilson

 




Art by Damien Hirst - The Currency


The Currency of Words


(snatches overheard at The Royal Exchange)


‘Cayman Islands in the '90s
The Wild West
I’m still holding shares
Jersey, Ireland - mid shore
Saudi (what DO people DO there?)
Compounds, very high walls ….


Something in the legislation
Affidavits (not my sweet spot)
What's the court going to say?
Look - it's easy for me
I'm an offshore lawyer
Eyes over everything ….


Security no longer exists
I don't know what will happen
Stressful, really hard
Time sensitive stuff
Work on through - people can't wait
No time for the kids ….


Restructuring - lawyers love it
The judges made a decision
Shareholders ....paying out
Dollars, a few million
That's the way it works.’


Yeah, that's the way it all works.




 

Daphne Wilson is a writer from Belfast. She has had poems published in Causeway/Cabhsair Magazine which features writing in both Gaelic and English, by Lothlorien Poetry blog, Worktown Words and Mornings by the River. Much of her poetry examines how change - over time, in the landscape and in people’s lives is experienced.

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