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Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

Dónall Dempsey

Curragh Camp, Co. Kildare, Eire.

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You
then

an intense impression

the vivid sensation
(retained by the retina)

even after
you had gone.

Now, after
all these years

the after image
of you

sill burnt
upon my eyes

as if I saw
nothing else

nothing else
but you

your love
& your laughter.

Dónall Dempsey

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

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Onelia Avelar 15 May 2008

I like 'the after image' - sounds little bit like the alter ego or like post-traumatic vertigo - just at the first sight...

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Scarlett Treat 14 May 2008

There are lights so bright that they blind us, leaving us forever unable to see again. And such is your love for her...it has left you blinded, unable to see another. How well you write about this.

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