by Kevin Densley
In Bosch’s The Conjuror,
a rich merchant stares stupidly
at a magician performing a simple trick
while the magician’s accomplice
picks the merchant’s pocket…
Fools abound in every era,
asking, crying out
to be taken for a ride.
Kevin Densley is an Australian writer. His poetry has appeared in Australian, English and American journals. Densley’s latest poetry collection, his third, Orpheus in the Undershirt, was published by Ginninderra Press (Port Adelaide, South Australia) in early 2018. On Twitter @DensleyKevin.
