Mink
© By Paul Muldoon
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A mink escaped from a mink-farm
in South Armagh
is led to the grave of Robert Nairac
by the fur-lined hood of his anorak.
© Paul Muldoon, permissons Faber & Faber Ltd.
Paul Muldoon’s little poem refers to Captain Robert Nairac, an undercover British soldier captured by the IRA and murdered. His body has never been found.