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Dingle, Ireland

Dingle, Ireland The bathroom carpet, wall to wall, is blue, the lightest blue, to complement the bowl and ceiling. Apropos the moment: I bend the waist and heave the gristle from last evening's steak. Tomorrow I shall row again to see those ancient men in caps and coveralls stand like statues while they talk and tap gold embers now and then from clay pipes forever glowing. I'll go there at the dinner hour and see them once again fork potatoes, whole and steaming, from big kettles filled at dawn by crones forever kerchiefed and forever bent. At dawn you hear the women like a choir sing their hymns a cappella as they genuflect and dip big black kettles in the sometimes still sometimes foaming sea. Donal Mahoney

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Date: 4/10/2010 6:18:00 AM
Very descriptive and expressive write...They say a definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expect to get different results...Like drink every night and vomit the next morning...Knowing that this is terrible for one's health..But everytime expecting to not be sick and to live a long and healthy life...Sara
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