Patrick O'Reilly Poems

Amazing
How soon I cave to temptation
After I said I was an absolute dog,
A St. Dunstan in denim,
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Dusk came with a mournful silence.
Clouds calmly drifted across the moon
Casting shadows into our rooms.
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I survived as background noise
In the circle outside the cinema.
Mass crowds of chaos.
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The only girl in the world see says forever.
I ask forever
Forever is such a long time,
But we've already lived a million years.
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Carry out your dead,
Exhausted old men
Tired from toiling without triumph
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I was three and four
With a baby brother in my arms
Walking around the smoky city,
Hiking through concrete canyons.
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Sirens howl in the street & the cafe,
Trying to pull you either way,
Like carnival barkers
Peddling heart ache & tragedy
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I'd run, run, run
Til my legs carry me over those wild green hills,
Kicking through thorn bushes and leaping over alders.
I'd worry about the scrapes on my legs tomorrow.
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The sky was crying and screaming war.
The bombs burst high and broke his heart,
So he turned and ran,
Through blemished French fields,
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My trembling hand makes a reach
For the secret I'm trying to keep
You can promise so often,
But it's been awhile
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