by Alan Garrigan

(For Colm)

“Man is something that shall be overcome”
Friedrich Nietzsche

Some suckers just want to get high,
Life is infinitely more important,
Literally a chance to live forever,

A fly cannot comprehend space-flight,
A man cannot comprehend the possibility,
Of his own immortality

They shall raise the ashes,
As all convenes into one,

Veritable singularity,

Whatever you call it

Peace comes when you pray

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Alan Garrigan is an MA student from Ireland (UCD) and has been previously published in some small publication magazines. He likes avant-garde and conceptual text. Philosophical poetry is an area of particular interest to him. He has written a 20,000 word thesis on poetry, and particularly enjoys ecopoetry.