lament to sunshine

When the truth is

I miss you

a hillside for hunting

off to the left

Come on in

I’ve gotta tell you what a state I’m in

Today, I run the road from Drogheda

wet from a hard rain, but not anymore

now sun is over the horizon at my left

and I sink to 6:30s

why not, for I’m tired but Coldplay works

plays

sings

through the fatigue

I’d do well to do just the same

I envision them playing at Slane Castle

It is nearby, but I am not going

touristy things are not on my list

I have been to Open Farm and down to Duleek Quarry

stopped at the bridge

over the railroad tracks

watched the tractors

churn the earth

while birds seek the afterbirth

of the newly delivered

soil turned over

I’ve seen the way these people live—mostly farmers

it is what I came for.

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I wrote from the second story of this building looking out over the River Boyne and her lush green pastures.