Before
I love life at the funeral
In the morning, when the deceased is unknown, warm and still hated
When the tax man is about to start his rounds, ruthless and docile
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I love life at the funeral
In the morning, when the deceased is unknown, warm and still hated
When the tax man is about to start his rounds, ruthless and docile
Do you know 'what is a dream?',
Really understand it?,
Engage in it...
Who stole my coconut from that tree?
What is that creature that I see?
Eight unique legs used in pairs
Draw a shape...
large or small, round or tall,
all unique, all complete.
Sun, sun, you shine so bright,
Lighting all the people's lives,
Oh so warmly with your glow,
I am a woman of 65 years -
I have lived a life of regret and tears;
I spend my days in a 'dream-like' state -
At the Arts Festival, Galway
There are swans on the Corrib,
Along Quay Street the pubs are
That old dark room that lay partially forgotten,
Forgotten from mind not forgotten from memory,
Memory that if remembered left feelings of loss,
Those who dwell in shadows
Are not children of the dark
But rather students of anguish and fear
The bird outside my window sings with a cry,
Waking me from sleep early of a morning,
Then I rub my eyes and breathe out with a sigh.
Memories arrive uninvited—
Slamming the screen door--
Materializing out of thin air,
Fleeting days of warmth
Captured like glowing fireflies
Comfort for cold nights