Rita Ann Higgins Poems

The demented walk tricky step here
jittery footfall, fractious jibe.
They bicker in the ‘everything for a $ shop'
later when the energy is spent
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Go to Tuar Beag and sing for her
take only left turns
pass out the whitethorn
but remember to pay homage
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She didn't mind his toxic tan
or his weasel taste in toothpaste.
What she did mind was
the way he'd Cheshire cat
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The boy racers
quicken on the Spiddal road
in Barbie Pink souped-ups
or roulette red Honda Civics.
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Don't throw out the loaves
with the dishes mother,
its not the double-takes so much
its that they take you by the double.
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Question:
Can you tell me
the way to the maternity?
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Sorrow is better than laughter,
for by a sad countenance the heart is made better.
ECCLESIASTES
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When he says to you:
You look so beautiful
you smell so nice -
how I've missed you -
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