Cradles, their circuitry

Publication Instance Details #2745

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Environment Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism Terrorism/War on Terror HR & Weapons of Mass Destruction (incl. nuclear)
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Other
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This is a posthuman poem which questions the future of humanity. The first-person speaker of the poem, in the process of putting out his refuse bins, discusses his efforts to recycle, use less coal, eat less meat, and be more mindful, but also acknowledges that humanity is doomed to a 'watery apocalypse' and that all humans will all suffer soon enough. There is an explicit reference to the bombing of an airport in Moscow (most likely the 2011 bombing of Domodedovo airport) and anti-Muslim rhetoric of the speaker's neighbour. With the prospects of increased terrorism and the impending climate disaster, the speaker discusses 'bequeathing' the world to another population of binary creatures - possibly computers, although there is a hint of skepticism regarding accountability in such a scenario.