Friday, July 25, 2008

Manoeuvers


Manoeuvers

All that spit
And polish
Bulling
Usual drills.
Old school ties
Talking up a storm,
The throwback,
Clinical smiles
The shades.
Catch you around
Sometime
The fine line
Sloping away,
Trailing arms
And coat tails
The official stamp.
Enough is enough.
Photograph: The River Boyne
Ramparts/Navan
Spring 2008.

Saturday, July 12, 2008

Canon


Canon

Dot the commas
Cross the square
Murky as
An inkwell there.

Out beyond
The railroad tracks
They're pulling rabbits
Out of sacks.

Waiting for
Your guard to slip
And then they'll get
Another grip.

Moulding numbers
Into place
From arguements
In civic space.

They never miss
A single trick
The corporals and
Their walking sticks.
Photograph: Famine memorial
People's park.
Kells Co. Meath.
Summer 2007.