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Aifric Mac Aodha

The Soothing Word

The opening image commands belief:
thousands and thousands of mice
streaming in and out
of the railway tracks.
 
Waiting for the whistle to sound
it’s felt under their bones.
Let the train come, in the end,
but before that: displacement.

Focal Faoisimh

Focal Faoisimh

Creidtear san íomhá thosaigh:
Na mílte is na mílte luchóg
Ag rith isteach is amach
I measc ráillí an iarnróid.
 
Achar sula ligtear aon fhead,
Airítear í faoina gcnámha.
Tagadh an traein, sa deireadh
Ach roimhe sin, asláithriú.
Aifric Mac Aodha

Aifric Mac Aodha

(Ierland, 1979)

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Focal Faoisimh

Creidtear san íomhá thosaigh:
Na mílte is na mílte luchóg
Ag rith isteach is amach
I measc ráillí an iarnróid.
 
Achar sula ligtear aon fhead,
Airítear í faoina gcnámha.
Tagadh an traein, sa deireadh
Ach roimhe sin, asláithriú.

The Soothing Word

The opening image commands belief:
thousands and thousands of mice
streaming in and out
of the railway tracks.
 
Waiting for the whistle to sound
it’s felt under their bones.
Let the train come, in the end,
but before that: displacement.
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