You’re emotional, he says.<\/p>\n
It’s all in your head.<\/p>\n
I’m a kind man,<\/p>\n
caring, sometimes<\/p>\n
even love you.<\/p>\n
But that 80 proof<\/p>\n
and 100 proof helps<\/p>\n
me cope,<\/p>\n
you know.<\/p>\n
Me da was that way.<\/p>\n
And sure my family understands.<\/p>\n
It’s how we all cope.<\/p>\n
Been doing so for generations.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
But she?<\/p>\n
She’d love to tell him, explain.<\/p>\n
She’s emotionally dying,<\/p>\n
becoming brittle<\/p>\n
where once was voluptuous.<\/p>\n
Sour where once was wild sweet honey.<\/p>\n
Calloused, blistered and broken<\/p>\n
where once was cream, smooth and warm.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
She is selfish, if she leaves.<\/p>\n
There’ll be nothing for her.<\/p>\n
It’s how Ireland treats its women,<\/p>\n
its mothers, its wives.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Men in starched white shirts,<\/p>\n
black form fitting suits,<\/p>\n
with their leather suitcases<\/p>\n
and curled pointed shoes<\/p>\n
tap out commands, directions,<\/p>\n
orders.<\/p>\n
You’re emotional, they say.<\/p>\n
But she?<\/p>\n
She’d love to tell him, explain.<\/p>\n
She’s emotionally dying.<\/p>\n
She is emotionally dying.<\/p>\n
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