Ballincollig (rev. I)

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revision I: (ty Leanne!)

Baile an Chollaigh


Some gunpowderlesserly
attitude despite the 3d Munster fusiliers
would not have done you less good.
But on Saint Oliver's garden of dead
rests Rory Gallagher's grave
among kempt green cut into shape by asphalt,
so a less ferocious attitude -
be it even against Napoleon - ,
when pilgrimaging on these grounds
would be a close-eyed moment of sound
of your heart
before your voices dance again.

Original:

some gunpowderlesserly
attitude despite of the
3d Munster fusiliers
would not have done you less good.
But on Saint Oliver's garden of dead
rests Rory Gallagher's gravest grave
among parsley green and blue black asphalt
so a less supposedly ferociously
general attitude -
be it even against Napoleon - ,
when pilgrimaging on these grounds
could I dare to suggest
be a close-eyed moment of sound
of your heart

before your voices dance again
(soon to be dead too of course,).

Unless disproved.

Tatto'd Lady from his unforgettable Irish Tour

cheers to Rory!