tell me the tale<\/p>\n
that doesn’t feature<\/p>\n
ballot boxes<\/p>\n
emphysema<\/p>\n
crippling debt<\/p>\n
balaclavas<\/p>\n
innocent death<\/p>\n
pavlova petrol<\/p>\n
red diesel<\/p>\n
tiger exhaustion<\/p>\n
and TB times,<\/p>\n
rickets<\/p>\n
bigots<\/p>\n
better days<\/p>\n
tarmac<\/p>\n
teeth<\/p>\n
peat<\/p>\n
and a drop of the black<\/p>\n
no tan<\/p>\n
the pull<\/p>\n
of homeland<\/p>\n
with each harp string<\/p>\n
rub of the know<\/p>\n
with every verse<\/p>\n
donations<\/p>\n
demonstrations<\/p>\n
white horses<\/p>\n
dead donkeys<\/p>\n
murals<\/p>\n
barstools<\/p>\n
lambeg thrum<\/p>\n
borstal hoolies<\/p>\n
& dayglow rosaries<\/p>\n
basalt steps<\/p>\n
on plastic knees<\/p>\n
gintonic smiles<\/p>\n
of many heroes<\/p>\n
neolithic<\/p>\n
optimistic<\/p>\n
starch<\/p>\n
malt<\/p>\n
soda<\/p>\n
talk<\/p>\n
corrupting fathers<\/p>\n
beasting mothers<\/p>\n
liberation<\/p>\n
alliternation<\/p>\n
wire glasses<\/p>\n
and cobbled palms<\/p>\n
postal men<\/p>\n
serve frankless treaties<\/p>\n
white stone<\/p>\n
red rust<\/p>\n
and green green turf<\/p>\n
bands forced up<\/p>\n
thank feck<\/p>\n
to make<\/p>\n
your hair stand on end,<\/p>\n
tell me that tale –<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
but it won’t be worth<\/p>\n
a listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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