Tag: dublin
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Black and Tans Back
Troop movements Flew them in from the Somme The carrier never slows Upon the mountain roads That stows the troops Stoves the Rhodes colossus of our rebel movement The dizzying slopes. Upon the mountain roads What’s moving shoot What’s shining loot What’s that ticking In the truck boot Roger Casement armed me Brand new Irish…
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Cannibal Corpse Merch
Sitting in class, my Christian Brother school Black Cannibal Corpse hoodie feeling cool One ghoul or another exposing a womb Born in a tomb of the mutilated, teachers I hated I get double tests of, fated To hold my face to keep awake Everyday is exactly the same Fucksake it’s draining, takes cake this for…
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DADRECORDEDALIEN
Where I grew up it was Pop Tarts Scholastic Book Fairs, guitar rock And Chartbusters Dad taped Alien on Channel Four Caught ten mins of Badly Dubbed Porn What an aura that tape development There was this one Señora Imploring the lifeguard to explore her, Dora Cream shielded her limbs, thick as Flora On a…
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WHEREDYOUGROWUP
We had a weird childhood looking back We played Crash Bandicoot 2 During IRA beat each other blue and black Played hide and seek, squares, manhunt, dares We leapt like Tarzans Lunched on Mars Bars Tipped back Lilt cans Merciless at red arse Chasing, tip the can, dodgeball Ball-based field games played them all Ran…
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WHYAMWRITING
My writing a giant tower Each storey a life story A foundation that shakes Or a stamen of a flower Built by William Blake See eternity in an hour Power of now pales To the powerful sound Of young Boreas’ gales The bards strummed scales Orpheus had played O’er the elden dales Females irreverent in…
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