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Death and Saint Patrick’s Day

(17 March 2022)

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There has been

A death in the family

We will gather tonight

It might seem

As a wake

Though really it’s for comfort

Something pleasant

In all the difficulty

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Which is maybe what

A wake is

Why the Irish developed

The remembrance

Bittersweet

Like coffee with sugar

Porter in a glass

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Though the glasses

Won’t be broken

Ritually,

It might feel like a christening

Launching a spirit

Into heaven

While

Our part in having something

Unofficially good to do

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Goodbye

Farewell

Fair winds, as sailors

From many nations say,

And following seas

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C L Couch

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Photo by SpaceX on Unsplash

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