Tag: ireland

• Friend to a King

  No such thing as a friend to a king To be friend to a king is to be friend to a lion They may lie on you, ply you with affections, rare attentions But they will never rely on you. You might die confused Hauled from chambers accused of crimes inventions of Meaner minds, such…

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  7th Jun 2024

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• Straightener with James Joyce 

  He gave me no choice  I’m having a straightener with James Joyce He wrote Ulysses but he’s useless in the ring  Bad knees, a breeze has him dancing reels  Ineluctable modality of the visible is tested when I get physical, shots I drilled send him spilling over a table Half the man Leopold Bloom is,…

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  5th Jun 2024

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• Paris Scrapping

  In Paris it’s hot today  On the cans all day Say sorry what mate  What did you say? Push you away  Yeah, get your mate Take my place Shield my face Shout GET THEM HEMINGWAY Set him straight  Know for whom the bell tolls  Hit him a belt, skyward ten toes  He went down axed…

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  5th Jun 2024

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• Barfight Bardfight 

  In a dingy bar A Spaniard plays guitar Songs a scorpion would enjoy Light here is bad  Windows barred  No thoughts, just noise One more frosty, no choice. In the loud crowd a mind among them, mind mine the mindingplace of my me, quiet as Clonmacnoise Before brinebopping Viking boys quintupled their need for graves…

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  5th Jun 2024

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• Pearl Jam Guy

  I see you  Dad’s pearl jam shirt Facebook work listed as pint university For you it never gets better Than Yellow Leadbetter You take a red setter bus to the city center  Eddie Vedder on your headphones His lyrics enter you like food, like bones  Into an ogre’s gullet  You never caught the header  Born…

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  5th Jun 2024

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