Jaeger Bomb
By Patricia Walsh
We have cause to flower and die
The liberated young released to the wild
Not standing straight, exits permitting
Intelligent shots proving nothing forsaken.
Rewarded for the effort to make life easier
Through a laptop’s eye no cause to savour
A delicate history doesn’t help matters
Remembered for generosity, however divorced.
The locality’s biggest losers fondle a pint
Passing on excitement at a pin’s drop
Carving on beermats a tale not telling
Nicely rounding on themselves, and go home.
Futile dialogue pulverises a deeper need
Laughing in unison, a hapless action,
Harder and smarter in every big way
Flashing final lights in the pub accentuates.
Surrendering your best work, or otherwise
Parcelling the dust in intimate corners
Local revolution turned another lady
Quietly dissuading any further ado.
Once galore is finished, pennies have dropped,
Hungover for peace, a depression sated
Out of order, nicely framing misdemeanours
To talk in doorways, spiked on exit.
Patricia Walsh was born and raised in the parish of Mourneabbey, Co Cork, Ireland. She has previously published a range of poetry in publications across Ireland, the UK, and the US, and one collection of poetry, Continuity Errors, with Lapwing, and two novels, The Quest For Lost Éire, and In The Days of Ford Cortina, in 2013 and 2021 respectively. She lives in Cork City. A further novel, Hell for Beginners, is scheduled for release in 2024.