Cal Doyle

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A Lyric Poem

The family lived in a fishing village
away from the dreary streets of Dublin
where summer asserted its full magnificence.
It was long after the advent of railways.
Parallel lines have so much in common.
I want to die peacefully in my sleep someday
like my old friend did. You’re all adults now.
Surely now you are as confused as I?

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CAL DOYLE’s work has appeared in Poetry, Prelude and other places. He’s poetry editor at The Stinging Fly. He lives in Cork.