from The Hero
© By Padraic Fiacc
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the phenomenon of the hero that, like the salmon, he contributes to his own extinction
The fiery salmon makes for himself a cold house – Ronan
His jaw is dark now and sets.
He’s found a reason to kill, a ‘cause’.
He’s plotting murder, he forgets
Foot-free parish pantomime days
When he was the lad played Santa Claus.
© Padraic Fiacc, from The Hero
Padraic Fiacc deals ironically with the idealism of the hero who has found a reason to kill but forgotten his own humanity.