he [Derek Mahon] displays a resistance to the transcendental: eschewing good Karma, he sprays "Deet" at a mosquito, despite being reincarnated as "a mozzie myself once". Flitting between terrestrial specificity and its cosmic significance, Mahon, like his chuckling gods, "promote[s] the comical to the sublime" and builds a sense of wonder at the movement of material and spiritual energy. Homage to Goa
The ceiling fans in the house go round and round
from The Times Literary Supplement: Poem of the Week: Homage to Goa
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