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Dónall Dempsey - CHILD OF SILENCE & SLOW TIME

2014-11-07 1 Dailymotion

An empty white jug <br />in a blue basin <br />now <br />full to the brim <br />the water trembling <br />at each passing train <br />now <br />dry <br /> <br />only evaporation & a dead fly <br />inhabit its hollowness <br />jug <br />& <br />basin <br />(plain & unadorned) <br />follow us around <br />from town to town <br />from room to room <br /> <br />observing <br />the seasons <br />& their passings <br />accepting our humble <br />nakedness before them <br />these our relics <br />from Victorian times <br />& ever present <br />in these our modern times <br />surviving an I am not <br />amused monarch <br /> <br />(& many blows & drops & knocks) <br />offering us our <br />pure ablutions <br />washing these our <br />human shores <br />until all bitter chill <br />it was <br />water froze <br />& it split <br />along its impressive <br />crack <br />(resembling the eastern African coast) <br /> <br />& so becoming <br />part of our garden <br />& home to <br />a sunflower <br />stretching to catch <br />the sun as it passes.<br /><br />Dónall Dempsey<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/child-of-silence-slow-time/

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