The Boom and After the Boom
04/28/2026 14:58h
The Shannon when it washes
the shoreline in the wake
of a cruiser susurruses
exactly like the Polish
language you hear in
lidl
on Friday evenings, 7
pm
payday. That’s what
Gerry says.
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The river surface offers
space to the song:
hammer taps of Latvians
and Poles nailing planks
of a deck. The place
between water and sky
holding sound. It is under-
loved and an amphitheater.
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Latvians and Lithuanians
are nailing planks
of grooved decking.
It will be a nice feature
of that riverside property.
Their tap-tapping
underscores the distance
between this side and that.
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Winter gales have made swift work
of the billboard proclaiming
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luxury bungalows only two
remaining