 | IN THE SUPERMARKET CAR-PARK I see women of little stature up high in big jeeps with a bull-bar on the front and a huge spare wheel on the back and I pray that they will meet the rhinoceri they are expecting. Pat Ingoldsby Beat that smile..... |
I had a great five minutes last Thursday.
In work, some days one might be the pigeon but most days one is the statue. Those five minutes allowed me to be neither.
In Dublin, I took a short detour towards College Green. My luck was in. Pat Ingoldsby was there. He had been contemplating packing up and heading home for the day, just a short while before.
I headed back to the train not just with a new book to add to the collection but also the joy brought by the recollection of that short conversation with Pat.
On the train, page 1 was opened and the first poem so hit home with my morning ‘interaction’ with the black SUV’s on the school run.
Míle buíochas Pat for shortening the journey.
In work, some days one might be the pigeon but most days one is the statue. Those five minutes allowed me to be neither.
In Dublin, I took a short detour towards College Green. My luck was in. Pat Ingoldsby was there. He had been contemplating packing up and heading home for the day, just a short while before.
I headed back to the train not just with a new book to add to the collection but also the joy brought by the recollection of that short conversation with Pat.
On the train, page 1 was opened and the first poem so hit home with my morning ‘interaction’ with the black SUV’s on the school run.
Míle buíochas Pat for shortening the journey.
