goodbye galway/ hello castlepollard

whose books are these i think i know…

yes will be moving house over the next few days. goodbye galway

hello castlepollard

… and there are boxes (and boxes) to go before i sleep.

ties that bind (3-5)

ties that bind (3-5)

hard fast and solid

neglect keeps me from the sea

temporarily

visit

My Kitchen at Midnight reblog from http://taruane.wordpress.com w response by pd lyons

 

 

 

 

 

 

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pdlyons on December 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm said:

you might have woke
slightly
hearing the clink of stirred coffee
smelling the vague smoke
last bit of an old joint
invisible
morning
ghosts
never knowing
daylight
fled
the youth
fleeing
from
old age
midnight
in your kitchen

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newest book: Title Caribu & Sister Stones: Selected Poems Author P. D. Lyons Publisher Lapwing Belfast.

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My Kitchen at Midnight reblog

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pdlyons on December 4, 2012 at 2:16 pm said:

you might have woke
slightly
hearing the clink of stirred coffee
smelling the vague smoke
last bit of an old joint
invisible
morning
ghosts
never knowing
daylight
fled
the youth
fleeing
from
old age
midnight
in your kitchen

via 3) My Kitchen at Midnight.

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wonder

wonder

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Bird Stuck in the Toilet Song

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morgan's poem by pd lyons/from pd lyons new book The Girlz

Morgan

the Dogs Bay empty on a grey day

curves a wide scythe of sand

mimicked slopes of rocky hills dissolve again in low grey sky.

the Dogs Bay rings silver laughter a treasure of pearls

beautiful daughter darts like a needle between sea and sand

strangers no choice, stopped in their tracks , infected smiles.

not since the Indian Ocean where she learned to walk

not since Cape Cod where she learned her heritage

not since Cape Breton where she learned of treasure

has she now Connemara remembered

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Pyrokinection: A Poem by pd lyons

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whirlwind

whirlwind

20th July decided to move to back ireland.

after a mad month of packing storing giving tons to the salvation army shop, giving tons to friends family, sorting out landlords and a million etc’s arrived in Dublin yesterday at 6pm.

had a few lovely pints and a drop of real Irish whiskey and a fantastic pub meal with family then a hot black tea with a slice of lemon cloves and a drop or two of real Irish whiskey to bed a slept with out a toss.
today woke up to one of the finest gems in the universe – a clear cool sunny Irish morning -
whirl wind reaped.
don’t cry for me Argentina.

Annual Retreat 2012

http://www.lotusgardens.org/programsandretreats/AR-2012.cfm

Annual Retreat 2012

August 23rd — September 9th

PROGRAM DETAILS

WHEN:
-The Path of Mahayana:
Thu-Sun, Aug 23-26th
-Engaging in Vajrayana:
Sun-Sun, Aug 26-Sept 2nd
-The Dzogchen Retreat:
Mon-Sun, Sept 3-9th
WHERE: Mindrolling Lotus Garden
TEACHER: Her Eminence Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
TUITION: See below.
HOUSING: See below.

Mindrolling Lotus Garden is delighted to announce the 2012 Annual Retreat with Her Eminence Mindrolling Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche.
At this, the tenth Annual Retreat held at Lotus Garden, practitioners from around the world will be taking this precious opportunity to gather for three weeks of intensive practice and study. The retreat offers an invaluable chance for new practitioners to connect with the Dharma, Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche, and the international Buddhist sangha of Lotus Garden. Of course the retreat is also an excellent time for practitioners of all levels to deepen their practice and study and to come together as a community.
Participants are welcome to attend any part of the retreat and there is no restriction on the number of days one may attend.

Nature of all refuges,
Lord of knowledge, love and power,
Gracious lake-born vajra,
From my heart I supplicate you.
With your constant unwavering compassion,
Please bless the stream of my being.

This year the retreat will be divided into three sections: The Path of Mahayana, Engaging in Vajrayana and the Dzogchen Retreat.
Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche will begin to bestow teachings in accordance with the traditional curriculum in preparation for three-year retreat. As last year’s teachings were oriented toward the dakini practice of Thröma Nagmo, this year Rinpoche will bestow teachings on the life and teachings of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) in connection with the sadhana practice of Rigdzin Thugthig.
The Path of Mahayana will take place from Thursday, August 23rd through Sunday, August 26th. During this portion of the retreat Rinpoche will bestow fundamental teachings on Mahayana meditation based upon the great classical text Bodhisattvacaryavtara by Shantideva.
Engaging in Vajrayana will begin on the evening of Sunday, August 26th and continue through Sunday, September 2nd. During this period Rinpoche will teach on the fundamental instructions on the Creation and Completion stages of the Vajrayana path. Rinpoche will bestow teachings on the pivotal points of sadhana practices and the nuns of Samten Tse will guide practitioners through various liturgical aspects such as ritual instruments, mudras, shrine set-up, torma-making and so forth. All members of the study groups are especially encouraged to attend this part of the retreat so that all study groups can become proficient in practicing together these profound practices.
The Dzogchen Retreat will begin on Monday, September 3rd and continue through Sunday, September 9th. During this period, Rinpoche will bestow teachings on the profound and renowned terma (treasure teaching) of Rigdzin Thugthig. Rigdzin Thugthig or The Heart Essence of the Vidyadhara was revealed in 1663 by the glorious treasure master, Chögyal Terdag Lingpa. It is an incredibly vast and profound terma cycle based upon Guru Padmasambhava and the Guru principle. In connection with these teachings Rinpoche will be bestowing the empowerment, reading transmission, and explanation of the sadhana practice of Rigdzin Thugthig (The Heart Essence of the Vidyadhara). The sadhana itself will become the heart of the Lotus Garden Sangha’s Guru Yoga practice as well as the Ganacakra offering done on the tenth day of each month (Tse Chu).
Rinpoche will also transmit all the instructions and give out the outer, inner and secret practices of Rigzin Thugthig for all wishing to do retreat in general and particularly for those who are getting ready to do the three-year retreat. It is said that all those who wish to attain enlightenment in this age must rely on the embodiment of The Three Jewels and the source of all blessings—the Glorious Guru of Uddiyana, Guru Padmasambhava. These extremely precious and rare teachings will be bestowed to all students who aspire to do extended retreats on the Guru and Yidam aspects of Guru Padmasambhava.
Furthermore, Rinpoche will bestow a variety of pith instructions from the secret teachings of Padmasambhava and from other masters such as Terdag Lingpa and Lochen Dharmashri during this part of the retreat.

TUITION

Non-members will pay $80 per day for those attending up to six days. For those attending seven days and or more the rate will be reduced to $70 per day. Full tuition for the entire program works out to $1260 (18 days).
Members paying dues of $50 a month or more, will receive the usual 10% discount: $72/day through six days, and $63/day for 7 days or more. Full tuition for members will be $1134 (18 days).

HOUSING OPTIONS

• Own tent: no cost
• Commuter/Off-land: no cost
• Rental tent (shared): $15 (one night)
• Shared room: $30 (one night)
• Dormitory: $25 (one night)

Please feel free to contact Mindrolling Lotus Garden’s registration office by email at registration@lotusgardens.org or by telephone at 1.540.778.2405, if you have questions

why we like yes factory

why we like yes factory

Hey PD!
Sorry about the delay, we were totally overwhelmed with the number of submissions that came in. We’s like to publish As If The Rain. We aren’t asking for first rights, just the right to run your story in our digital magazine and feature it at the release party. We’re having the shindig in Brooklyn, NY on September 1st. We’ll send you an invitation mid-week if you agree.

The Yes Factory

http://www.theyesfactory.org/

Loving Kindness is Realistic:

http://lotusgardens.org/teachingsonline/JKR-LovingKindnessIsRealistic-110713.cfm

Loving Kindness is Realistic:

A Teaching on Bodhicitta

HE Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche
Kalachakra Empowerment, Verizon Center, Washington, DC
July 13, 2011

During the Kalachakra empowerments in Washington DC with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in July of 2011, HE Jetsün Khandro Rinpoche bstowed an evening teaching on the topic of bodhicitta to a crowd of several thousand.

Note: due to a technical problem, the final 5 minutes of the teaching were not recorded, however the essential meaning of the teaching is complete.

http://www.jellyfishwhispers.com/2012/07/a-poem-by-pd-lyons.html

Jellyfish Whispers

A Poem by pd lyons

only august

crows

almost quiet

only feather sounds

rising

almost still

only slow

steady beating

as if horses

finally

taught themselves

to march in order

across the fields

almost green

only smoky

spiral dust

almost damp descending

mirage

as if insects

finally taught themselves

to sing

like falling rain

across midday

almost yawning

only august

 

 

pd lyons has been writing for a long time now and hopes to continue doing so for even longer. Work has appeared in many mags & zines through out the world. Has two collections of poetry published by Lapwing Press Belfast. For further info please visit pdlyons blog for poetry publishing info and new releases:
http://pdlyons.wordpress.com/

About the Editor

A.J. Huffman

A.J. Huffman is a poet and freelance writer in Daytona Beach, Florida. She has previously published four collections of poetry: The Difference Between Shadows and Stars, Carrying Yesterday, Cognitive Distortion, and . . . And Other Such Nonsense. She has also published her work in national and international literary journals such as Avon Literary Intelligencer, Writer’s Gazette, and The Penwood Review. Find more about A.J. Huffman, including additional information and links to her work on faceboook and twitter.

why we like - Jellyfish Whispers

Jellyfish Whispers: A Poem by pd lyons: only august crows almost quiet only feather sounds rising almost still only slow steady beating as if horses finally ...

animal freedom

Animal Freedom Day Please join the Hartford Karma Thegsum Choling and Tara Shedrup centers in participating in Animal Freedom Day. Be a veggie for a day… or two or three. Alternatively, you can also choose to offer a gift of life and protection through the practice of “Life Release.” Find out more about this Buddhist practice at Chodron Foundation Global Life Release Movement and Karma Triyana Dharmachakra. You can also participate by donating to Animal Farm Sanctuaries at http://woodstocksanctuary.org/about/mission/ or http://www.farmsanctuary.org/. On July 28th, 29th and 30th, we will not consume any animal products as part of Animal Freedom Day. Animal Freedom Day is a global event that aims to raise awareness towards the environmental crisis, human health and animal welfare. People all over the world will abstain from eating meat on these three days or engage in the practice of Life Release. Please make a difference, help us bring compassion to animals and the earth. Find out more about Animal Freedom Day. And watch the trailer for the new movie, Don’t Eat Me. The Tara Shedrup Center, Hartford KTC, and Chodron Foundation Global Life-Protecting Movement are working to put kindness in motion to humans, animals, the planet, and to create a more peaceful, harmonious, and sustainable world. All beings tremble before violence. All fear death, all love life. See yourself in others. Then whom can you hurt? What harm can you do? - The Buddha Useful Links Veggie Recipes: Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary Compassionate Cuisine Chef, Kevin Archer Is Meat the Most Inefficient Food? Animals are capable of so much more compassion, love, bravery, and ingenuity than most people realize. Here are 14 incredible stories that reveal their hidden depths. A very moving speech by Phillip Wollen in Melbourne, Australia Earthlings (documentary) Farm Sanctuaries Farm Sanctuary Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

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photo by pd lyons

The Kent Lily

A SONG FOR YOU - Leon Russell & Friends (1971)

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unknown climber rose @ Topsmead State Park Litchfield Ct.

topsmead litchfield ct. unknown climber rose

pieces of Picasso photographs/ wadsworth hartford ct

pieces of Picasso photographs/ wadsworth hartford ct

pieces of Picasso

pieces of Picasso

pieces of Picasso. wadsworth Hartford ct

this way

…almost there

Three Greys from Ravens by pd lyons

Three Greys

On the floor

Looking up

skylight

Shapes of blue

edge into disappeared.

Where the world ends

Does sky begin?

Faucet chromed

Pitted bright ‘n dark

Bumpy capitol C

Marks an asterisk tap

Turned

Brown sputter brown

Pop pop popping

Until clear n smooth

Soft morning

Bird song people

I cannot see walk

Hearing their voices

Dogs bark

 

"God Particle" Found? "Historic Milestone" From Higgs Boson Hunters

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Why we like Pyrokinection & Jellyfish Whispers

pd,

 

I am pleased to tell you that your poem, “only august” is slated for publication on Jellyfish Whispers on July 29th.  Additionally, your poem “belize” is slated for publication on Pyrokinection on September 10th.  I am going to pass on the other piece this time.  I will email you again when your poems go live on our sites.

 

Thanks again for your support of our new projects.  And please be sure to stop by our new mother site, http://www.kindofahurricanepress.com/, and check out our call for submissions for our first anthology!

 

A.J. Huffman

editor, Pyrokinection

editor, Jellyfish Whispers

 

kindofahurricanepress@yahoo.com

This Kitchen Poem

 This kitchen

Soft smoke secrets

Each ghost upon the gale

Welcome here

Each breath

Rare and gifted by such drifters

Visible in smoke

Audible in flame

Never alone.

pdlyonspoet@yahooo.co.uk 

original work by pd lyons

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wordless peacock poem

wordless

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wordless
Worldless
Within
Without
Will you
Won't you
Want to Know?

she swims in beauty

she swims in beauty

2 more from Ravens

I know forever is the memory of your touch

Angels with broken wings

I taste the sin they bring

I want to cling to them

But something always haunts me

.

Lust that is true,

Dreams that have gone astray

Down every road you know there’s really nothing much to choose

The siren’s sweet lament

Their spell is my intent

But there’s something in my head denying my attempt

A kind of howling sound says I am pledged to you

.

I cross the thousand years

Part the veil of tears

Despite the demon fears

I’m reaching out for you

And breaking through at last

The circle finally cast

Kneeling down I bow my head to you

My sword at your feet

My crown on your lap

My heart into you hands

I am my Lady’s man

…

 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Balreask

Earliest morning I been up

Since we got here

Out in the garden Qi gong cup of tea

One crow on the aerial above the chimney

Is that you ?

Is that really you Maeve?

Yes you are sleek and shiny really beautiful today.

Tilts her head towards me

As if surprised

Then clucks a few syllables in return.

Can we stay Maeve? Can we make our home here

Well not exactly here but in this country. Are we really coming home?

She leans further towards me, opens and closes her beak, leans closer

then whistles three gutsy in her throat whistles & flies.

The grass needs tending

It just might rain

Beginning is the least I can do.

the song that was in my head all morning beofre i knew. for teddy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7s5n47GDDSg


Grateful Dead I Know You Rider Lyrics

Songwriters: KAUKONEN, JORMA

I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone;
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone;
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms.

Laid down last night, lord, I could not take my rest;
Laid down last night, lord, I could not take my rest;
My mind was wandering like the wild geese in the west.

The sun will shine in my back door someday.
The sun will shine in my back door someday.
March winds will blow all my troubles away.

I wish I was a headlight, on a north bound train;
I wish I was a headlight, on a north bound train;
Id shine my light through cool colorado rain.

I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone;
I know you, rider, gonna miss me when Im gone;
Gonna miss your baby, from rolling in your arms.

[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/g/grateful+dead/i+know+you+rider_20062367.html ]

I Know You Rider lyrics © EMI Music Publishing


from europe '72

for tedra l plane

Briefly
as everything is in this life
we shared slapstick
and manic
some
unforgettable
wonders
and still all those questions never to be answered
now knowing this
something quiet
peace descends
a lacy feel of breath
not deep
not in or out
but
there
.

3 from Wanting To Be In The Old Tongue - by pd lyons

WORSHIP SWANS NO LONGER

When you worship swans no longer

Will you find your way to me?

Smoke rising in a breathless voice

Winding between shade and sun

A dream begun on dew drops

Daring midday like a ghost

Vowing never to fly

From your embrace

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LITTLE SADIE

black velvet traveller

dark morning herald

solitary secrets kept

well behind green eyes

alluded only by such offerings

as left upon our doorstep shrine.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

VIRGINIA, CO. CAVAN ’98

winter wash

sails on hemp rigging

 places precious

this January sun.

strong wind, clear sailing,

a rising Tahitian blue,

fed by silver slips of memory

travelling on wings of fantasy

calling sea birds soar

above a mucky barking back yard dog.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
from Wanting To Be In The Old Tongue
poems of an Irish descent
by pd lyons

Copyright © 2011 PD Lyons

All rights reserved.

:

ISBN-10: 1466272996

pdlyonspoet@yahoo.co.uk

Bone Orchard Poetry: PD Lyons-

Bone Orchard Poetry: PD Lyons-: Last Poem Before Oregon Slept in groves of oranges Visited by only wet nurse bees Shaded by impossible leaves Clouds the d...

from: Still Wishing To Be Ravens - by pd lyons

The Other Days

unsettled
grey rains across the lake
even the fire duller now
as if unable to breathe

your absence
airless
and without remedy


~~~~~~~~~~~~


Catzen

Every moment
Of sunlight
The cat
Knows
Just what to do

~~~~~~~~~~~

Shelly Gone To America

Rain whispers
Through my open window
Night again
Without you





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c 2009 pdlyons

In The Company of Woodbines by Pd Lyons

Open air
Cobble street,
Church bell rhapsody


Well worn doors
Rough stone walls
Into secret corners drift
Undisturbed as dust


Waiting the slow pour
Of a pint


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





 from: Wanting To Be In The Old Tongue -
poems of an Irish descent
by pd lyons

Copyright © 2011 PD Lyons

All rights reserved.

:

ISBN-13: 978-1466272996

ISBN-10: 1466272996

pdlyonspoet@yahoo.co.uk

Bone Orchard Poetry: PD Lyons-

Bone Orchard Poetry: PD Lyons-: Last Poem Before Oregon Slept in groves of oranges Visited by only wet nurse bees Shaded by impossible leaves Clouds the d...

from Wanting To Be In The Old Tongue - by pd lyons

MAEVE’S LAMENT

Bound by chains of lowland vines,

Nourished only by the rain.

The red meat of my heart

Now chips and shards of stone

That even ravens cannot find.

I am most subtle now,

Unable to touch or to be touched,

Only smoky tendrils nimbly wrapped

Upon the memories of men;

A formless thing perceived by them

Only in their sleeping dreams.

Kept alive by hunger.

Eager to be embraced with flesh

And upon the bones of war - like men,

Answer with firm metal once again

The faithful ravens call.

Out of the west

Out of the west

Where is the storm that brings me breath

To let these lips of moss reveal

That charm which causes me to heal -

For when those birds recall my name,

Then will I be whole again.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 from Wanting To Be In The Old Tongue

Copyright © 2011 PD Lyons

All rights reserved.

:

ISBN-13: 978-1466272996

ISBN-10: 1466272996

pdlyonspoet@yahoo.co.uk

from rumours of another summer

Could She But Think of Cape Cod

Sand spray ridges

Heartbeat trombone ocean

still out of sight

flavours the air

her hair

and

Shifting down to the open beach

opalized lumps of stone

darker lighter sand

crazy north east gales

bit by

bit

Trail of unnecessaries

Shoes Coat

Shirt Skirt

Polka dot bra unmatched pink panties

A string of moonish pearls returned

-


–from Rumours of Another Summer
c2011 by pd lyons
ISBN 9781463769284

Come Down From Your Hills from Rumours of Another Summer

Come Down From Your Hills

Come down from your hills and see me

Remind me when I was a girl

Tip my kisses with honey

Bathe my feet in your curls

Soft green grass in showers of gold

Apple blossoms swirl like snow

Echoless laughter my hands on your face

Come down from your hills and see me

Remind me when I was a girl

I’m tired of long wool skirts

Tired of wobbly shoes

Tired of being a stranger afraid to remember you

-from Rumours of Another Summer
c2011 by pd lyons
ISBN 9781463769284

versions of this poem published by the following:

Longford Ireland www.virtualwriter.net/  

  Scotland  http://www.ospreyjournal.co.uk/  

Bone Orchard Poetry: Mercedes Webb-Pullman-

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original version From Rumours Of Another Summer

Stainless unmarked sky

Single bed against a powder green wall

Magazine photos yellow cellophane taped

No underwear favourite red t-shirt

30/06 lever action

Blue barrel fingerprints

Weevil tick toes

Fly hums between the glass

Until heat makes everything

Even outside

Still.

Beneath that shirt

Each little island bumped

Up to where if a boy

An Adams apple‘d be.

Knee steady butt end

On a white board floor.

Spidering fingers.

Raw cotton breath.

Knowing it’s loaded.

Stainless unmarked

Alone in your room

Sky.

( original work by pd lyons c2009 )

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Looking For Work In Dublin

The same girl sitting on different buses going by over and over I knew if I saw her one more time the rest of the world would completely liquefy and go with her. Wishing to avoid that whirlpool of a thing I knocked back the coffee, paid and left keeping my eyes firmly focused on the side-walk made my way to Eccles street. Side-walk, cross-walk not daring to look up risking my life in the traffic like a blind man saving the world.

 

In the crumbling doorways tilted columns boarded windows planning permission posters all along the way safe to be looked at on the right side of the street I had no fear of buses as the decaying signs of Eccles street lead me down to the Georgian centre for saving the ruined life of city boys saving ruins among the ruins 90 days repairs a lifetime then out with you maybe meet again in some emergency of violence queued up amidst the hospital flu wishing you weren't here.

there must be some as yet undiscovered carpet to sweep you under.

On my helter skelter straight way down to the bus station maybe O’Connell street. instead some nameless to me slope of a road not to far is that the tower of Ulysses where once Telemachus watched black mass Mulligan sacred shaving interrupted by old Ireland who may have forgotten her own tongue but remembering to bring the milk had her tits compared to moo-cows and other things I cannot now remember. everything old once was new like some profundity this rolls around in my brain tickling something in me I'm not sure of any more than why.

 

Cutting across I decide on O’Connell, I am afraid of the city only now when I am so indecisive about destinations as if there is some gang of violence waiting for that sign I send of not knowing where I'm going. Jackals of the lost man wandering seeking safety in the numbers of O’Connell, safe among the herds, oblivious to the old, ignorant of the new. penniless. No merchants sanctuary, a foreigner among the African languages and Friesian competitors, children named Rosalitta frown then smile, German hippies Burberry plaid guitars,

Somehow I don't belong except to old bullet holes on the GPO, rusted tin enamelled placards above the discount shop on Talbot, soldier statues, new inns ward, eroded Grecian friezes on greasy brick work, stained glass window cracked holes. Noticing no one seems to notice like me wanting to some how take the time to repair myself, remind myself, inquire of the passer byes as to whom they attribute freedom to.

We are in a hurry to forget, do our best to not remember.

There has never been another day like today

There has never been another way

It has always been so

World without life

Amen.

A long cat stretch beach of green benches

Cobble stone tides break debris from yesterday’s storm

Soggy cardboard

Bleached pigeon bones

Desperate for sunglasses

Into the leather sleeves of my dreams

I fold my head.

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