Fay sat beside you
on the concrete stairs
of Banks House
looking out
...
Jim's younger sister
Followed you everywhere
and stood watching
...
History is bunk some one said.
History is an interpretation of
the past said another. Yesterday
is a lost land to Mother. Her half
...
You practiced
judo moves with Jim
on the grass
outside the farmhouse
...
You and Judith
sang in the choir
at the major's
...
You made your way from the john
to the dining table
and Auntie said
...
Cedric gave you a photograph
in the playground
making sure no one
...
At the back
of the coal wharf
you and Fay
picked up coal pieces
...
You remind me
of my brother
the woman said
after mass
...