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here we have
two stories
. . .out there. . .air from the cliffs
zooming through like the
unleased spirit
of old testament wisdom. the specific green
of the design matches the landscape
perfect as a reading
from a builder's plumb line
fences of liscannor stone border the property
thick rectangular slaps are stacked vertically
like
books on a library shelf and sheets
of burren rock, a garden
where memories held for ages
find the next story
once
clare cottages were dark as a wall
of september storm clouds, the only light
from uneven breaks and in the house, holes
that
could never be mistaken by tax agents
for windows. to provide warmth, tenants burned
the land from under them, until
the landlords relented
their taxes and this new story begins
with a house on a hill
with magnificent windows the
size
and strength of home
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