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Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

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Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

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Our hard words
knocked over

the sugar lumps

tumbling them
onto the formica

like dice

as if we gambled
with our love

the spilt tea
seemingly

slowly eating
each lump

devouring our sweetness
like a cancer

dissolving our world.

I asked you again.

You wouldn't answer.

Dónall Dempsey

Sunday, November 22, 2009

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alice sunderland 23 November 2009

fantastic stuff! what more can i say. from the start to the end its just got it!

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Ruth Walters 22 November 2009

The silence after an argument eats away at sweetness doesn't it...I know that. I can't keep up silence for long, I have to talk and sometimes laugh about things. Laughter is the very best cure for hard words..... Ruthie

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