<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368745" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Straight in His Caneback Chair</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ireland to America, long ago<br> <br>In this Kerryman's eyes<br>big ships sail<br>and lighthouses flicker<br>light years away.<br>He's 70 today and sits <br>tombstone straight<br>in his caneback chair, <br>waves at a flake<br>hanging from his nose, <br>misses and curses.<br>It's his first curse of the day<br>and he's ready for anything, <br>an ancient ram braced for the British<br>climbing through the mist.<br>His children, parents themselves now, <br>sit in his parlor, silent around him.<br>When they hear his first curse, <br>they know it's 20 years earlier<br>and Father is calling<br>a meeting of the family.<br>They shift in their chairs<br>as his eyes and his words<br>whiz around the room<br>like bees liquored up<br>looking for something to sink into.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Donal+Mahoney">Donal Mahoney</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=368745" data-title="Straight in His Caneback Chair de Donal Mahoney" data-description="Ireland to America, long ago In this Kerryman's eyes big ships sail and lighthouses flicker light years away. He's 70 today and sits tombstone straight in his caneback chair, waves at a flake hanging from his nose, misses and curses. It's his..."></div> </div> </div>

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