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This "found poem" is derived from an Amazon.com Publishers Weekly review of Roddy Doyle's conclusion of the Henry Smart trilogy, The Dead Republic.

The History of Ireland

John Ford plans a film
Based on Henry Smart,
Sinn Fein triggerman
Reduced to sentimental pap.
Henry plans to kill Ford,
But callousness fades and he drifts
Into Dublin’s suburbs,
Aging in obscurity
Until a distorted version of his story
Becomes an IRA PR ploy;
A farce of Irish history.
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