Posts by diarmuidomaolalai

Scars

By on Jan 20, 2019 in Poetry | Comments Off

“Felix had sideswiped something blue, and he was as curious about what it might have been as we were.” - from Dead-Eye Dick, by Kurt Vonnegut and that’s it, isn’t it? you get set down and don’t ever get told by anyone what got you there. memory like a deck of cards; you trip and never can tell what will land face up. and the head a burning building — walk in after and something will be saved but you can’t say what beforehand. could be an unkind busdriver — could be a broken lace. birds land and don’t get up again. tides roll in and stay...

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