For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to How To Lose An Election by poet Kathleen O'Meara.
The boxes will open at nine to sort the votes,
In a sports hall big enough to count a county.
Tally teams will gather early, clipboards at the ready,
Leaning over railings, necks craning, scanning papers.
A serious concentrated quiet will descend.
Your life is being decided...
Listen to more from Sunday Miscellany here.
