Kris Whelan (1971) Poems

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1.
Stone Upon Stone Upon Fallen Stone

I’m standing on the cobbles of a debris street
It’s written up so high, almost thirty feet
Must be as ancient as the ones that baked the clay
And it’s lasted there to this very day
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2.
If Only Walls Could Talk

The house just doesn’t look the same as it did when I was young
In the garden stood my favourite tree; now it’s dead and gone
It’s all replaced with concrete and a tarmacadamed drive
And I sit here like a long lost ghost; another family inside
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3.
Away With The Faeries And Wired To The Moon

You can smile at a breeze and I’ve seen it too
Dancing with life, there’s nothing ever blue
Life out of love and love amongst the trees
Nobody knows what a blind man sees
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4.
Basket Case

I don’t fear the dark just the daylight hours,
my beating pulse at twilight gives me extra powers
This is how I fell from grace landed in the basket case
I’m not the kind to hear dark calls or voices in my head or
thinking that I’m Christ reborn to resurrect the dead
But this is how I lost the race and landed in the basket case
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5.
Fish Again On Friday

Fish again on Friday how predictable is that
It’s getting to the stage I’d rather eat my hat
Gotta grin and bear it, have no other choice
I’ve tried to have my say, but I’m afraid I’ve lost my voice
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6.
Under Cleary's Clock

My heart would beat so hard as the forty went to town
There’d be steam on all the windows as the driver drove us down
The nearer to the city the more my pulse would beat
I’d have to have a swift one; swallow it down neat
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7.
FıFteen

I was fifteen years old up on deck and dad was on the pier
Ticket in hand, luggage in tow, gettin’ outta here
I watched him stand, long as I could, until he disappeared
I was out at sea feeling free and the journey was agreed
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8.
Little Boy Blue

Old school photographs and clothes I used to wear
Little bikes and little drums when sunlight bleached my hair
Socks up to my knees and sandals in the grass
Like the ink upon the picture, that memory faded fast
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9.
Tall Trees

The river road is clear they said, except for all the fog
Two men are driving being treated less than dogs
Can’t see what lays before them, they think they’ve left the road
They stop to see what’s happened; all of hell unfolds
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10.
Liberty

Heads bent low in a massive crowd; just to the side she still stands proud
She’s staring far above the clouds; they’re on their knees, heads are bowed
Just in view she’s standing tall, when all about her starts to fall
She’s staring out beyond the sky, to a long lost jewel she wants to fly
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