A bomb shatters the silence of George Street,<\/p>\n
sending clouds of dust down chimneys.<\/p>\n
In seconds the dull thud dies away,<\/p>\n
only a milk bottle rolling over the pavement<\/p>\n
disturbs the silence with its circular sound \u2013<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Unshaven men in pyjamas stand like convicts<\/p>\n
framed in the doorways of their cells,<\/p>\n
or lean out windows like old farmers<\/p>\n
on wooden gates, staring over concrete fields<\/p>\n
whose walls hold nothing in.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Women half dressed, still warm from sleep,<\/p>\n
hold children\u2019s hands and let tired faces hang<\/p>\n
like flowers withering after daylight or water.<\/p>\n
While behind them kettles whistle<\/p>\n
and toast burns under the grill.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Along another quiet road,<\/p>\n
a man, pedaling an old bicycle,<\/p>\n
whistles a familiar Irish air<\/p>\n
as he creaks up a hill towards home,<\/p>\n
the morning paper in his pocket,<\/p>\n
secure, folded like a job well done.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
–Tony Curtis<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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