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Patricia Walsh<br />
Public House<br />
Watched, watched strangely, in the corner of a pub<br />
A solitary greenhouse of earthly delights,<br />
Coming through the ordinary time splintered<br />
Illuminating the corners of a dingy room.<br />
Respectably behaved, minding another business<br />
Reserving space for an imaginary associate,<br />
Dodging the cigarette machines, goodly trait<br />
Bleeding through the pipes of a gnomic situation.<br />
Knowing more than one knows itself, through drink<br />
Dodging the studied glances with an evasive eye,<br />
Too much literature rots the mind of its sobriety<br />
Inquisitive by the barmaid to a closer tee.<br />
But what does it mean? Decipher these jottings<br />
If you have the time, or inclination as is,<br />
Forgotten insinuations, alive if kept shut<br />
Conspirational murder of another conversation.<br />
Too racy for some, too replete for others<br />
Burgled heaven for an occupation at will,<br />
Blood on the fireplace a consternation supreme,<br />
The locals milling through thee space for more.<br />
Boycotted through a stern lesson, regretted at same<br />
Looking strange through dull eyes of derision<br />
Colluding with same with an unlikely disposition<br />
Finishing with a slam and a long walk home.<br />
Civility + You<br />
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