{"id":311,"date":"2012-11-15T19:08:50","date_gmt":"2012-11-15T19:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2014-08-15T19:09:43","modified_gmt":"2014-08-15T19:09:43","slug":"a-phonecall-overheard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/a-phonecall-overheard\/","title":{"rendered":"A Phonecall Overheard"},"content":{"rendered":"
A double suicide delayed by train back to Dublin
\nafter the Poets Express event in 2010. The pointlessness of it
\ninspired the following poems. <\/em><\/a><\/address>\n

A woman speaks… I overhear
\nAs others talking ot their phones I hear
\nInforming others of their lateness… “Dear!”
\nAs someone on the line has died.<\/p>\n

It could be a boy, or a girl either
\nSays a woman behind, her eyes open wider
\nAs she jokes of grim reapers calling, my head she does meider
\nAs unknown jokes to her are replied.<\/p>\n

But I cant contain a grin
\nBetter sense says to keep within
\nAs the carraigewheels start to spin
\nAs the blood on the tracks has dried.<\/p>\n

The flesh and brains swept away
\nTo body bags, to be buried and decay
\nAfter funeral, where others pray
\nWho when living the deceased could not bide.<\/p>\n

That is life… it is insane
\nYou stop all jumping in front of a train
\nBlood and guts is all of you does remain
\nAnd you interrupt others train ride.<\/p>\n

The rails are scraped, washed and cleaned
\nAnd debris removed that on sleepers leaned
\nAnd news o your death by others is gleaned
\nThe trains resume again… sure as the tide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A double suicide delayed by train back to Dublin after the Poets Express event in 2010. The pointlessness of it inspired the following poems. A woman speaks… I overhear As others talking ot their phones I hear Informing others of their lateness… “Dear!” As someone on the line has died. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,432],"tags":[2354,510,512,511,507],"class_list":["post-311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-death","category-written-at-poets-express","tag-death","tag-death-on-a-traintrack","tag-overhearing","tag-phonecall","tag-suicide","column","twocol"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7EI4f-51","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2503,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/phonecalls-never-made\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":0},"title":"Phonecalls Never Made","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"16th January 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"I meant to ring but never did He normally did but never did The unspoken though that silent hid Told the truth, successful bid How can that be success at all, Action unknown bar for unmade call No mass, as desired, to bless the pall No more occasional coffee in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Obituaries"","block_context":{"text":"Obituaries","link":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/category\/obituaries\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Phonecall Never Made - make that call if someone else does not that normally do","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Phonecall-Never-Made-make-that-call-if-someone-else-does-not-that-normally-do.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Phonecall-Never-Made-make-that-call-if-someone-else-does-not-that-normally-do.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Phonecall-Never-Made-make-that-call-if-someone-else-does-not-that-normally-do.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Phonecall-Never-Made-make-that-call-if-someone-else-does-not-that-normally-do.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.writingsinrhyme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Phonecall-Never-Made-make-that-call-if-someone-else-does-not-that-normally-do.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":309,"url":"https:\/\/writingsinrhyme.com\/index.php\/death-on-a-traintrack\/","url_meta":{"origin":311,"position":1},"title":"Death on a Traintrack","author":"Tom\u00e1s \u00d3 C\u00e1rthaigh","date":"19th December 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"A stopped train, and I awaken In the middle of some godforsaken Piece of country, as an announcement is making By some Polish girl of why we have stopped. 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