25 Good Fridays

Early morning, car packed

with coats, and boots, and maps

“Any word?”

CB turned down to hear the morning news

No word.

Laughs, and songs, and cigarettes

And roads, and friends, and craic

Tape, and crowds, and whistles

And the cars.

King Fisher Blue

No word.

Break it down, pack it up

and enroute, FAST, in convoy

to some hotel, late

And there, we got the word.

For David

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