Pól Ó Lorcáin
Paul Larkin


Chroniclers are privileged to enter where they
list, to come and go through keyholes, to ride
upon the wind, to overcome in their soarings up
and down, all obstacles of distance, time and
place.
Charles Dickens - Barnaby Rudge,
Chapter The Ninth
Easter Torture
the graphic forecourt intercourse
anxious to start the car up
twisting ignitionists
pretending just like me
drumming their fear through fingers
revving, gesticulating, tailgating
through anaesthetic smokescreens
not me crawling in
heady the smell is
drive by hangings
spied through a petroleum haze
can’t stop to think
for no one dare stop
the masquerade
consumer carnival of the insane
an ear bitten off to general indifference
feral kids leading a tramp away
egged on by the DJ
Go on Go on – whatever you want
burn oil to fever pitch
tramp got crucified
not my fight
foot down , accelerate
go home
disintegrate
Wake up God Damn It
on the third day
be brave
pick up the cross once again
there is no other way
@ Paul Larkin
BÁC/Dublin – An Cháisc/Easter 2011
Tears For Fears
For Eoghan John Shéimí
I said
Tá cumha orm go tobann agus sibh ag imeacht ó thuaidh gan mé
Now, I feel lonely and you all heading North without me
He said
Mise fosta - Me too
And when his eyes filled
a terror passed over me
knowing intimately
what it is
Teetering on the perennial precipice
of sheer feeling
the freefall panic
He walked towards me wanting me to fix his superhero gloves
Celtic gaze of father and son
Who needs words, poems,
for these ancient memories?
We are utter empathy
Ni bheith aon scéal agam nó bia deas tráthnóna
No story for me, nor the food I like tonight
He stepped into my light
The sun shock of his hair
his indomitable head
gave me strength
Tá mo lámh ort I said
My hand is over you
He crushed my fleck of fear
with his dark lashes
then shook my hand
like a man
@ Paul Larkin
BÁC
An Cháisc/Easter 2011
Another murderous bomb in Omagh – does anyone in the dissident movement have a brain, never mind a political brain?
Leave aside, for the moment, the moral question of murdering a young Catholic police officer, which happened in a car bomb attack on Saturday afternoon - let us look at the overarching political thinking behind this murder. Or rather, the astounding lack of political thinking.
Ireland is in deep economic crisis – North and South. The left is talking about new initiatives to bring together those very large numbers of people who want to see a fairer and more just society. There is much work to do - campaigns need to be built around the scandal of the bank bailout - a bailout that has allowed the richest section of society to fly off into a new comfort zone to escape a meltdown which their own greed and avarice created. This is a golden chance to explain to a new generation why capitalism stinks. The anger of the Irish people was reflected in the recent election results which saw huge gains for the left.
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