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THE RED COAT
"During times of universal deceit,
telling the truth becomes
a revolutionary act." George Orwell
I was ten or twelve
when my father
told me to burn
a good red coat.
This was Belfast
In the early
seventies so
I done what
I was told
but
to this day it
has always
niggled me why
I had to burn
that coat.
My father is dead
and my sister
who was wearing
the coat
she killed
herself
and I think
this is why.
This was
the coat
that carried
the gun
that killed
the man?