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Wait! I have but yet begun to live.

Friday, October 20th, 2006

Teeter-Totter
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Born in the Burren
joy, laughter, song and story
A rich heritage steeped in lore
hedge schools and seanchie.
Centuries old rediscovered, relived, passed on.
Then,
stone tables barren
resounding echoes of  barren acts of the stranger.
Burying, endless burying
children, hunger, hatred, hope
before finally
being waked in the shadow of a ship.
Up the plank
off to America,
down the plank
and into the Civil […]

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