<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">Things to Love</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-IE" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">The determination of hate</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">how damp wood likes to hiss</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the way water speaks with stone</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the impermanence of fire </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the permanence of photographs</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the victory of two over one</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">weeds’ sovereignty over lawns</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the conviction of nettles to belong</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the slurpy sound of bracken being ripped from the earth</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">how air lives its freedom and freedom loves the air</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">being swallowed whole by the ocean</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">blue flame skies at Fanore </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the suddenness of freckles after sun</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">whiskey’s lucidity</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the stern humour in coffee</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">the victory of one over two</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">blood, wine, the razzamatazz of dandelions</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">butterflies with ragged wings.</span></p><div class=""><span lang="EN-IE" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">This planet and its song</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-IE" class="">offerings everywhere</span></p><span lang="EN-IE" class="">should </span><span lang="EN-IE" class="">we choose to look and see</span><span style="font-style: italic; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-IE" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span lang="EN-IE" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Aoife Reilly</span></div></div></body></html>