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Ryan O'Leary Feb 2023
Home is where the Harp is, but

no matter where I am, I can take

It out of the box and be in Galway

Bay, on the streets of Dublin with

Molly Malone or better again, by

the banks of The Blackwater with

The Rakes of Mallow without even

counting strings on the cover of

my passport. I've no hearth to sit

beside, or no fragrant turf to smell,

but flowers in the Fields of Athenry,

make my wandering soul feel well.
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
.        Just give us a hammer and sickle

          And a cut loaf of pumpernickel

                  We will go to the front

               And the ****’s we’’ll hunt

      Then we'll dine with a brine in pickle
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
. |’ts About Time
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nOw, the permanent is,

is a trapped pendulum

between N and W for

an eternity, so accept

that your future will

always be present and

if past experiences have

not enlightened one to

this phenomenon then

the ***** will make

absolutely no sense.
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
.                ***** Sense


     Do you ever recall an occasion

     episode or encounter of which

     you now regret not being more

      conscious aware or receptive

      and made a vow in the event

       should such and opportunity

       Arise in the future that you'd

    be alert vigilant and responsive?

      If so, you have just gone from

     past to future as do timepieces

    but it is only when the pendulum

   Is stopped that you can objectively

say that you have seized the moment.
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
When Juke first met Jack

in the box


He realised he'd a very

fine vox


So he rang up the States

and arranged record dates


Which were made at the

studios of Fox.
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
Poem To Stop The War
             ( a laureates decree )            

   “ Pen a peace and stop the war “

            
                                <>


       Request denied, my integrity

    would be compromised by such

   a contribution, because I was not

summoned to compose one for Iraq.


      Besides, death is the ultimate

  democracy, as not all are fortunate

  enough to be born, but those of us

who were, get the opportunity to die.


The problem is, not at the same time.


   Everyone has an axe to grind with

   the colonisers and sure what could

sweeter than to see the great powers

annihilate themselves, everyone loves

fireworks, we missed 1666 in London.


  Russell Brand said he doesn’t want

  to see a nuclear escalation because

    he has children, piffle I say, that is

       like a woman pushing a pram

     out on to the street to halt traffic.


   The earth shows up those of value

  and those who are good for nothing,

besides, if you believe in God there's

  nothing to fear and the evolutionists

   don’t mind a bit of it either, so no, I

     refuse to write an anti war poem.
Ryan O'Leary Jan 2023
“ It’s said Leopards can never

                change spots "

       Does that mean location

                    or dots ?

      “ It’s the former, I believe "

        So, is that bad for Kiev ?

" No, Zelensky prefers Oligarch

                   yachts “ !



Ps.

Pass on because it is true.
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