I
In a land of myths, from the jaded isle,
Great stories are told of the brave and the guile.
But no legend of druids, of hags or ghouls,
Can compare to that of our own Fionn McCool.
In the province of Ulster, before armalite,
There lived a race of warriors who knew how to fight.
And who was their leader? The fiercest of the feared?
Of course it was Fionn! With his glorious ginger beard.
He had arms like a gorilla, at an impressive 8 feet,
And lived on a diet of very rare meat.
He drank only water he squeezed from stone,
And discovered 47 uses for human bone.
It was his giant strength that brought McCool his fame,
In kingdoms far and wide people knew his name.
But what was less renowned was his mental might.
Aul Fionn had towering intellect and wit to match his height.

II
When news of Fionn's exploits reached a pub in Aberdeen,
A mammoth figure emerged from the pungent, men’s latrine.
The patrons gave a shudder as it stooped through the door,
“O...One more Ben?” stuttered the barman as his **** reached the floor.
The giant gave a shout and wretched a toilet door aloft,
“Who scrieved this scaffy drawin, sayin that I’m soft?”
Silence gripped the bar as the men examined with horror,
A crude etching of Fionn McCool thrashing Benandonner.
The men remained mute, as the giant turned carmine,
“You think this Fionn boyo’s tough, I’ll carve out his spine!”
And so the giant departed, making his way west,
But not before he slaughtered the group and downed the drinks they left.

III
A roaring voice came through the mist and reached our own Fionn’s ear,
But when he reached the Antrim coast, he near ****** himself with fear
Seeing Ben on Scotland’s edge, throwing boulders to the sea,
“I’ll turn yer lungs to bagpipes! Ye feeble wee beastie!”
Fionn trembled before the monster, twice as big as he,
With a chest as wide as a trawler and biceps thick as trees.
Now Fionn was not a coward but nor was he a fool,
As the rocks formed a bridge he saw ‘the late Fionn McCool.’
And so he sparked a plan to deceive the creature,
A plot in which his wisdom and his wife would feature.
Running to his house he rushed to build a crib,
And dressed as an infant to complete the fib.

IV
With the last stone in place, Ben crossed the sea,
With ‘murrrdur’ in his heart, his eyes mad with hateful glee.
He crouched to enter the house after kicking through the door,
Grabbing Oonagh in his hand, “Now where’s yer husband *****?!”
Fionn’s wife was calm as he held her off the ground,
But wretched as she smelt the breath of a gum-diseased hound.
“He’ll return soon,” she said as the shoes fell off her feet.
“but put me down and while you wait I’ll fix you something to eat”
While Oonagh was in the kitchen, Big Ben released a smirk,
“From the size of his wife, killing McCool won’t be much work.”
Oonagh lead the deception, returning with some cake.
But had placed rocks in the batter, before she’d begun to bake.
Benadonner was surprised, when he took his first bite,
He reached into his mouth and removed a pearly white.
Not wanting to seem weak, by refusing a McCool snack,
The giant continued to eat the stones until all his teeth had cracked.

V
Gumming back a sob, the brute looked around,
He spied the crib in the corner, and was disturbed by what he found.
A child sleeping soundly, but of such monstrous size,
Ben, now blind with tears was fooled by Fionn’s disguise.
Coughing to hide his alarm, the Scottish giant inquired.
“Is Fionn McCool the man, to whom this weeun is sired?”
Oonagh laughed and replied, “He’s his father’s son, no doubt.”
“Sure I remember he was six foot four when I popped him out.”
Now the Scot started sweating, THE BABY WAS FECKIN TITANIC!
When he imagined the father’s size the goliath began to panic.
He ran from the house, kilt flapping in the wind,
As McCool watched from his window, he kissed his wife and grinned.

VI
While Ben crossed the bridge, he dismantled his creation,
To ensure the ****** couldn’t follow, he divorced the nations.
Now centuries later, if you need proof today,
The remains of Ben’s bridge is called the Giant’s Causeway.

I have been practicing singing this in acapella.


~~~~~~~o0o~~~~~~~

rock of ages cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee;
let the water and the blood,
from thy wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure;
save from wrath and make me pure.

Not the labors of my hands
can fulfill thy law's demands;
these for sin could not atone,
thou must save,and thou alone.
In my hand no price I bring,
simply to thy cross I cling;

While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyes shall close in death,
when i rise to worlds unknown,
and behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee

~~~~~~~o0o~~~~~~~

ROCK OF AGES
WORDS: AUGUSTUS TOPLADY, 1775
SUNG BY: ANTRIM MENNONITE CHOIR
VIDEO BY: *SE SAMONTE

"I write because writing is the hardest work I’ve ever done. It is slow and painstaking and frustrating. I do not begin with an idea or a theme, and I don’t make outlines. I don’t have a plan for the ending or, usually, for the next page or the next line. Even short pieces might take shape over years. Everything that I have ever seen, done, or felt, had, shared, or lost, is in play, and*
the word of the day is, on most days, confusion

I no longer regret writing, or the life I have made along the way. I’ve learned too much and come too far, and I am in pursuit of an art form. It took a long time, and a lot of work, to get to this point, and I will never find an end to it. I have a problem that can keep me busy for the rest of my life. I have something to look forward to."

Donald Antrim^


~~~

though the waters are eerily placid,
the beard roughened wind
beneath a grey, solemn overcast,
predicts, foretells, enhances, over casts (ha!)
the mood of the moment

but it is not causal for
native, irregularly regular
is the word of the day,
on most days,
confusion

life is my tale of two cities,
for now, for me,
it is best and worst of times,
a cyclical, bent and dinged cylinder,
contains a shape shifting persona
seeking the solidity of a
single polarity

higher highs and lower lows,
the new normal, a new word,
still a slung slang concoction,
not yet unapproved by Merriam Webster

I drink up the external contradictions of
the stiff breeze buffeting the
serenity of the water's horizon
a perspective that always calms,
mirror mocking, so matching
the stiffened interior of
this buffeted flesh form

"I no longer regret writing,
or the life I have made along the way
I’ve learned too much and
come too far, and I am in pursuit
of an art form"

rewriting my own internal art form, daily,
incorporating the free, external, unasked for edits,
craft blending the backwards and the forward,
living the confusion that birthed
this poem,
this person,
this art form
~~~
July 18, 2015
Shelter Island, N.Y.

The National Park of Ireland National
Park is established. He is one of them,
from the aboriginal peoples from 7530
to 7320 BC. You do not have to live in the Fano river,
and probably not in the rivers,
the rivers must not live in your life,
many follow the production of lama.
In the old slavery of the old European
slavery there is old force.                                                Tracy and Chapter A:
The seventh century of the era.
The expansion of helicopters has a bigger
Persian life in Ireland.           The lines of communication are not yet known,
and these projects are the smallest
of Christensen's meat and mollusk.
Mesoliths are one of the properties,
but they transmit the traffic between Telmel and Novella.
So far, salaries are unpredictable by emotions,
with less than 2,000 and 3,000 festivals per year,
and local and time scales are in meters.  This is an image of a general public
                           and is an example of a cash management and cash analysis.
                           Of course, they do not leave the island
                           to any great extent,  the archaeological
                           materials or other acrylic materials of the earth.
In addition,                                 sea level rise is above sea level,
and above rivers and streams from 2000 to 400 a. C.
These events are very interesting in cooperation
with Northern Ireland and Ireland in the history
of education and education.   It's time to take the time to broadcast broadcasts. Anderson and Johnson; Theological evidence indicates
that the mosques lasted from approximately
500 to fifty, four to four to 500 - 4.

This is logical c. 7-6000-4000 BKK Workers
are pre-selected In the end, Muslims and Nikolai
Iris are undermining the results of the underlying neurotic control.
Other species can be found in the order.

This takes more than three quarters
and focuses on an objective position at the end of the exhibition.
It also shows a new analysis not only to facilitate the differences
but also in a stable way.          Ytterbio and the analysis and benefits of AMS
                                                          football and the sixth sixth of BP's black
spectacle.
                                            And then, in Baltic Minerals Finance Talent, LC.
The United Nations rehabilitation centers
               offer short-term accommodation
              and raw materials.                       The battle took the Carrey / Kurry
              rivers
       and lakes.
       In most countries,                             this is not based on these categories,
       but it is not the end of known young people.
In the various regions,    the author of this cooperative
                                                                ­                        author, Paul Cocogo,
                                        |                       ­              has confirmed this formula,
                        including the East Asia Region of the Great East of England,
                                 in Wilfried, Brookville,                        southern Ireland.
                                 Under the Nile plain, in Naffari, Nifri,
                                 Established a National Park
of Irish National Canoeing Heritage.                             He is a man of these,
who may well know that the burial
of A is greater than in Ireland, 7530-7320 BC,                           at that time.
Maybe they were river dwellers in Fano
and they apply it to people in the morning, he said,
and the rivers should not be in those days and ages,
many follow the county where Limerick.          Tied with
a polished burial of teeth is the oldest security in Europe.
Mesolithic and next season's art in Ireland;
Early prehistoric mesolithic flow (7) BC (6) BC
has a large pan-Ireland tile form / Eisenstein industry;
The deliveries of media tools have not yet been recognized,
these projects exceed the minimum distance
of microliths of meat and the Mesolithic environment.
Mesoliths Among the objects, but they make the transition
between the technological and the Neolithic.
So far, few in number among the signs of volatility,
just as the intensity of the salary verse
of the regionalization is not visible from the senses,
they have been observed between 2,000 and 3,000 a year,
which is after the time they will admire,
and of the dangers of space and time are in the Mesolithic.
This is a type of image of the entire human community
and the kiss was given by the example of interpreting the analysis
of the power of thought to control,                            and in relation to money.
           Certainly, they do not overwhelm the island
by putting on weight, the seat of world archeology
or other acidic organic material. In addition,                     the rise in sea level
                                                             reached between 2000 and (4) 500 BC,
                                                                ­                 she drowned on the beach,
                                                                ­       especially in rivers and estuaries
                                                                ­    that will be hunting and gathering.
These conditions, together with historical research and education
in the north and Ireland, make it clear that the record is regrettable.
But time for fear of random distribution. Anderson and Johnson
Lithological evidence suggests that it is better associated
with the end of the Mesolithic,                 even 500 years (AD (4) to 500 (4)).
                                       This is so great in the Mesolithic c. 7-6000-4000 BC
Serious lack of personnel. Finally, the late Mesolithic
and a lover of the workers in the passage of Nicholas,
Irish through the Neolithic, the forbidden investigations
that have become much more research,
is unfortunate in the mind.          The wait can be found among other species.

That should be more than three quarters,
and focused on the mesolithic pessimism after the end of the exhibition.
Not only to facilitate the distinction,
but also the availability of a new analysis of stable isotopes.
Ytterbio and analysis,                       along with the benefits of AMS football,
                                                                ­  see the truth and show BP's dark
                                                                ­  but very dynamic sixth millennium. And after that, and after Mesolithic
Mesolithic Finance Mobility, LLC,              in the areas of human resistance,
much of the mobile shopping, showed short-term
housing and processing of raw materials, the war
had ended with the carrot meal in the beach internment camps,
the bay river and the lakes.               It is not, and it went through the highest countries, it is based on these parts,        it is not yet the end of the identified young people. Regional research, including the poet
Cronan Swilly of East Donegal and the archaeological research
Bally Poet Cronan Archaeological Work in Waterford,            Brooke Valley, southeast Ireland, confirmed that formula.
There were underground excavations under Niva,
it is from Antrim, that is, where Newferry,       It has established the National National Park of Ireland National Park.
He is one of them, the rest of the Aboriginal
people in Ireland from 7530 to 7320 BC.
Probably living in the Fano River and they may be used in the morning
for rivers, rivers should not be in those ages and ages,
many will follow the limerick. It is an ancient strength
in European *******. Methitism and Next Chapter Art
                There is a 7th BCE Elite Epic Expansion Flow in Ireland (6) years
has a huge Persian Arabian lifestyle.
Communication channels are not yet known,
and these projects have the smallest
microcrysten meat and mellitus. Mesoliths
are one of the resources, but they transmit
the transition between telemolik and neolitic.
Until now, even as the class of payrolls
is not perceived by the senses,
the numbers are small, with fewer than 2,000
and 3,000 festivals per year, and location and
time accidents are in the metric.              This is a picture of a general public and it is an example of interpreting
                                                   an analysis of control over money by money.
Of course, they do not dump the island
by adding heavy, earthly archeology or
other acidic materials.               Also, sea level rise and from 2000 to 400 BC
It is found on the beach,                                        which is found under water,
especially in rivers and streams.

These events are very interesting in collaboration
with Northern Ireland and Ireland in the field
of historical research and education.                  But time to cast on broadcast broadcasts. Anderson and Johnson
The theological evidence indicates
that at the end of the mosque,        even 500 years from four to four to 500 4.

This is in Melchatical c. 7-6000-4000 BC
The shortage of workers Finally, the back Muslim
and Nicholas Iris are in a bad state of mind under
the strictly controlled tests of neurotic tests.
Other species can be found in the order.
This will take more than three-quarters
and focuses on an intricate position after the end of the exhibit.
Not only is it designed to facilitate the difference
but also a new analysis of stable isps.             Ytterbio and analysis and AMS football benefits, and BP's black display
shows the sixth full sixth.
And then and after, in the Baltic Minerals
Finance Talent, LC. Short-term housing and raw materials
have been delivered in the United Nations'
rights rehabilitation activities.            The battle took the Karzai / Kurí River and lakes. It's gone in most countries,
this is based on these segments,                                                but not the end
of the well-known young people.                     Studies in several regions,
including East Asian Dating Globe,
have confirmed this formula,
by the lead author of the Pooh Kokoro
Archaeological Survey,
                                                      in Wolfford, Brackville, South Ireland.

There were excavations underneath
the land underneath the land of Nile,
in the area of ​​torrents, Niifry.