When I told him that I left
Mallow forty years ago, he
was brisk in his response
to tell me that a lot of change
had occurred in Ireland since.

" Oh, Really "

Have you not noticed then?

" The food is still terrible here
and virtually no organics, just
1% of the total land mass.
In the entire EU member states,
only Liechtenstein is worse "

Ah: But there have been other
improvements, more important
than food.

" Such as "

One can have a divorce now,
same *** marriage, gay rights,
contraception, equality for
women, we even have a queer
prime minister here also, male,
what's more, he's not even Irish.

" So you think - - - - - -

Oh, and excuse me, I forgot to
mention, we recently had a
referendum, abortion is legal.

" I see, all's changed, but the
terrible beauty may not be born ".