HAI-COUP

 

Two faced Bo Jo con

Serve Sue Grave, Rich sunk-

All in the same boat

THE RED COAT

"During times of universal deceit,
telling the truth becomes
a revolutionary act." George Orwell

I was ten or twelve
when my father
told me to burn
a good red coat.

That was Belfast
In the early
seventies so
I done what
I was told

but

to this day it
has always
niggled me why
I had to burn
that coat.

My father is dead
and my sister
who was wearing

the coat

she killed
herself
and I think
this is why.

This was
the coat
that carried
the gun
that killed
the man?

A flock of birds fly-

by my window, I see

shadow on my wall

Every second a flash

of grey as if fleeing 

climate change.

(missing piece)

Just a piece of wood painted?

 Driftwood Connemara

sunset on Renvyle beach

sunlight is written.

The artificial

Bare-bulb light is my sun-

 driftwood shaping.