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Ryan O'Leary Apr 12
Mirrors can fissure
even wavy wrinkle
and get blotchy as
they age, they fog
up with mist in the
morning moisture
diffuse images and
eventually they rain.
But despite all that,
they are silver lined!
Ryan O'Leary Apr 11
British Rail Station Master
interviews poet for the job,
and here’s what happened.

What would you know about
this industry sir? ‘Irish I see’!

Sure aren’t I exactly what the
advert toys mint is lookin for.

I can change points (of view)
on one track minds with lines
that would wake the sleepers
and I can derail thoughts and
for those who don’t give two
hoots I can express,  between
the junctions, my discontent
and take them into a siding
after being at the buffer bars.
Just give me a platform and
I will show them a ting or 2.

And you, you toffy nosed ****,
what’s with this ‘Irish I see’ ****?
Ryan O'Leary Apr 11
Not everyone can afford
to leave home and come
back
Not everyone can afford
a secondary home, even
one
Not everyone can afford
holidays, despite cheap
Ryanair
Not everyone gets to go
abroad to see, or meet a
foreigner
Not everyone’s opposed
to migrants if one cannot
travel.
Ryan O'Leary Apr 11
The rose is a maze
on a stilt with petal
passageways from
where her perfume
scented air attracts
the caravanserai of
bees and butterflies
to its elevated oasis.
Ryan O'Leary Apr 10
The bull and the bear went out walking
Both **** in the woods while still talking
The subject was taxes
And Trumps tariff axes
On Shenzhen which he has been stalking
Ryan O'Leary Apr 10
The red floribunda is
petaled to a perfumed
perfection but for thorns.
Ryan O'Leary Apr 10
In world war one the term
was carrion fodder due to
inability to collect corpses.

In world war two the term
was cannon fodder due to
inability to collect pieces.

In world war three the term
is the meat grinder because
it is ok to mince our words.
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