Mark Heathcote Poems

Darling, you dampen the fire.
But when they glow,
you turn me into spent coal.
I wonder if there will ever be
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Sanctuary bells ring out all over the bars of Dublin.
Boys, there is a sanctuary here to take away your blues.
And you'll sleep as if you're in the fields of Galway Bay.
Ankle deep in the North Atlantic Ocean,
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I am like a stray dog
with only ghosts for company.
Who wants some innocent of tragedy to love me?
Who won't scare me and remind me of my past life?
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You're a fake empath
With no deeper understanding than eels in the grass
Leaving one home for another
Soon, the factories will breathe their last sigh.
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The wind stood in its eddies next to you
It wanted to lift you,
But it didn't want to leave you.
So it whistled up a silly tune
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Some say you'll rest in the arms of an angel when you're gone.
But darling, I hope it's just me.
Darling, some say you'll fly like a shingle roof tile far from me
But darling, I'll thatch that and keep you close tight to me
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Always a contender you fight till you die
Your fists will rise with never a tear in your soul
You'll hit first and pity no one left behind you.
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Verdant forests have been felled
Have fallen into a black velvet night
Where the Judas ear fungus
Thought it had found its piece of unobtrusive heaven
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Our ecosystems are on the verge of collapse
And we behave like omniscient gods of perhaps.
Perhaps if we do this and do that right now!
Preventative measures will somehow work.
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Forgetting we all originate from a garden divine
Each hand offers the other a foregone fatal handshake
A Judas's kiss is the closest they'll ever work together
Politicians lie through their teeth; it's all about power
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