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Second floor room overlooks the campanile.
Slide window up and invite in twilight.
Dublin light shines the cobbles.
Howling wind is lamb being slaughtered.

Slide window up and invite twilight.
Shakespeare pages flap like wings.
Howling wind is lamb being slaughtered.
Ash tree leaves are scales falling.

Shakespeare pages flap like wings.
Players cross campus singing victorious.
Ash tree leaves are scales falling.
I dart to Temple Bar for warm whiskey swallows.

Players cross campus singing victorious.
Cross Ha'penny to kiss the Bridge Woman.
I dart to Temple Bar for warm whiskey swallows.
"All I want," she coughs, "is to die."

Cross Ha'penny to kiss the Bridge Woman.
Dublin light shines the cobbles.
"All I want," she coughs, "is to die."
White swans glide the black Liffey.