ThegirlontheLoveSeat©️2022TonyFallon1207

 ThegirlontheLoveSeat©️2022TonyFallon1207

I loved the music playing I was drawn by the sound

She sat crossed legged on the love seat I sat on the ground

She said "excuse me you are invading my private space"

I said "you don't have to worry I am not a nut case".

I looked at her left hand and I did not behold

A   ring with  a flashing diamond or a ring of gold

She smiled a smile and the tension seemed to have lightened

She said "when I saw you first come in I was frightened"

She continued "you do look wild with long hair and beard

If I was your girl friend I think something would be sheared"

Those comments could be meant to be funny or snide

I had often heard worse I was taking it in stride

I said "If I wrote to you in poetry or prose

Would some big man rise up and punch me in the nose?"

"You just said girlfriend so is there some interest

Of you and me starting to build just one love nest"

I was getting to her I observed a slight blush

Other people were listening now there was a hush

I could tell I was being her magic enchanter

And she was enjoying the come and go of banter

I asked her where she planned on dining out that night

And was there an old boyfriend who would cause a fight

I said I'm very serious I'm not here to flirt

I want to take you out for soup dinner and dessert

The next thing she said caused me to be slightly enraged

She said I'm so sorry but I'm secretly engaged.

God be with the old days when if a ring was not in sight

To chat or flirt with a lone girl you had the green light

TheNurse©2022TonyFallon1127

 TheNurse©2022TonyFallon1127

We never thought it would last this long the evening we parted

When without many plans two separate journeys we started

The best of friends and no sad parting backwards glances were cast

For little did we known the innocent years of school were past

We did not know we were parting that DARK night so no sad goodbye

You didn't guess we'd be apart all those years and nether did I

Neighbors thought there was a romance, but we were just great buddies

We had common interests and helped with each other's studies

I've often thought of you held your memory in high regards

Another place another time who knows it wasn't in the cards

Some days later I learned you took the east train to Westland Row

Where you went after that Dublin train trip no one seemed to know

Absence makes the heart grow fond I was as lonely as a cloud

Often in O'Connell Street I hoped I'd meet my ANGEL in the crowd

Later I learned you sailed off to live and work in Camden Town

And that you found your true love in England and then settled down

Your brother said you became a nurse and later a matron

I can picture you in your white starched uniform and apron

I wound up in Dublin in a job where I had to be dressed

The pay was little so after a few years I set a new HORIZON and  headed west

I wound up on Long Island where there is not that much raining

After fiddling in odd jobs, I went into entertaining.

From working in taxis and sports bars I knew every subject

On radio I could press BUTTOMS my information was correct

There was need for an Irish Dee Jay, I fell into that niche

I mc'd parties and weddings for years, but I did not get rich

I played all the great singers and of music I played all styles

It was early am when I got home, I drove a million miles

we both returned often but our vacations did not dovetail

It is so many years now since you took the train and set sail

I will be home for two weeks next week at least that's intended

My sister say's you will be home too I think that is splendid

This is a rare event I do not want to miss or postpone

I think there could be magic days as we now both stand alone

I cannot wait to see you we will meet at church before mass

We will have pictures taken by the school where we went to class.

I've nothing planned for the day except to visit the old scenes

And  PERHAPSreminisce about the days when we were young carefree teens

TheMonks©2022TonyFallon1123

 TheMonks©2022TonyFallon1123

For over a thousand years monks have been praying for peace

Whether they were Chinese Indian or Vietnamese

They survive and meditate on mountains in snow and sleet

Mostly keeping to themselves in their most humble retreat

Built on useless land on a cold and windy snowy peak

Where others would not ever live it is so wild and bleak

Their residence lack comfort for they do not arrogate

They are filled with love and charity and they do not hate

Living in monasteries their lifestyles is secluded

While some are allowed to marry others are precluded

They believe clean life will alleviate anxiety

By banning the bomb we'd have a better society

They still wish the world was better and their wishes are pure

Even though their prayers go unanswered they still endure

GrowingupinRahara©2022TonyFallon1120

 GrowingupinRahara©2022TonyFallon1120

We walked the same fields each week to Sunday mass

As we did the other five days to national class

There also was a half mile of sandy holey road

beside where the little Carrowkeel river flowed

We had no large size mountains or high terrain

And we have so few hills it's almost like a plain

Even what we call high places are mostly flat

That's why in British days there wasn't much combat

You'd need to travel to Athlone to hear of clashes

Unless you count Knockcroghery being burned to ashes

Other places bragged about how they were long ago shelled

Or how in Limerick City the redcoats were repelled

Cannon Balls were fired by a tyrant named Cromwell

At our church in the graveyard near St Bridgids well

But only one wall of that old church ever fell

If there is any justice at all he still burns in hell

We had a radio and Paddy Beades sang on vinyl

And the juniors never got to the county final

It is many a concert I fondly now recall

On Rahara road near granny's in Ned Miley's hall

In Ballagh we had handball and pitch and toss

And lost good balls in the furze and moss

While the footballers tried to hone their catching

And show their ability to score when attacking

It's funny I only remember the sun and not the shower

And a car might only go bye once in an hour

Sundays we'd all pile into Eamon Beatties Lorry

And head off for miles in search of football glory

we often caught pike in Funshinagh and Ballyglass

Funny the blacksmith had no horse only an ass

None of us were rich so I guess we were deprived

Yet all those years later a good few of us survive

PacemakerC2o22TonyFallon 1010

 PacemakerC2o22TonyFallon 1010

When I woke up one Monday, I did not feel inspired

I had not slept soundly all night and I still felt tired

Compared with previous days I did not feel my best

Before very long I had a tightness in my chest

A few hours later I was on the doctor's table

And he was telling me that my heart was unstable

He said his conclusion I was getting some chest pains

Was because I had some cholesterol in my veins

He wanted to open me and inspect my ticker

That without some new valves I would be getting sicker

He said it's not a very risky operation

And by far better than ten years of medication

They said they'd have to put replacements in one section

I said not to mess with the part that has affection

You know sometimes I am testy sometimes I am tense

You know so far l have never kept you in suspense

Yet I do not feel the same since they worked on my chest

I worry about my health, and I am sometimes stressed

If I said love as much I think I'd be a faker

I think my heart had more love than this new pacemaker

GirlsGirlsGirls©2022TonyFallon1018

 GirlsGirlsGirls©2022TonyFallon1018

I have sailed many oceans and flown many blue skies

I have seen many moons set and watched the red sun rise

I have seen many pretty girls and had been pursued

But after years of travel, I had not been harpooned

I've escorted sexy girls in many foreign lands

I have danced with sexy girls to many foreign bands

I have exchanged smiles and winks in many foreign bars

And gone on short coastline trips in convertible cars

I had Poles Aussie's and Russians who begged me to stay

And there was a Cuban bombshell visiting Bombay

A lovely sight is an Indian in a Sari

And it pays to have pictures when on a Safari

I don't speak many foreign tongues, but songs filled the void

In foreign lands Elvis love songs are always enjoyed

Yet it's hard on a date when you need a translator

In a restaurant they may have a foreign waiter

After all my travelling I had longed to return

And look up the whereabouts of one Kathy O'Beirne

To join up with her I would not need much persuasion

She claimed she was afraid I would marry an Asian

I was a bit worried she night have felt forsaken

Or taken up with that little brat Jim O'Hagen

He will inherit a big farm that was fully stocked

When she said she wanted to marry me I was shocked

From all my world wild travel I have not one regret

I do not own much worthy goods but I have no debt

I don't have savings to buy her anything gaudy

Maybe enough for a good used ten-year-old Audi

In my roaming days I developed no addictions

Never broke any law so I have no convictions

Her parents both said I'm welcome in their humble home

Maybe I will get to work and write a travel tome

Sometimes the right thing for you is hiding in plain sight

And then fulfilment comes in the middle of the night

So, after years of foreign adventure and intrigue

I find true love in Rahara right outside Athleague

inflation22022TonyFallon1002

 inflation22022TonyFallon1002

There's one word we hate all across the nation

I'ts on every body lips the cursed word inflation

Many times the shelves are bare of supplies

But when they come back the prices seem to rise

It used to be a dollar for my breakfast glazed

Yesterday it was up to two I really was amazed

Each week we get shocked when we go to the mart

And walk out an hour later with half a shopping cart

You have to pay more for oranges spuds and figs

And bacon is so expensive it would pay to raise pigs

Because of rising prices less eggs and sausages are frying

There's loads of ice-cream left because people are not buying

Some families are not buying steaks just ingredients for stew

Yet I notice most carts have at least one six pack of brew

How are we going to survive people worry and fret?

Some are paying for food with credit cards increasing debt

There was only supposed to be one raise at the pump

Some people blame Biden and wish they still had Trump

In coming months people will walk not use the automobile

And in the resteraunts no more happy meal

The charges are much more at the electric meter

The middle class will go broke buying oil for the heater

If you think the prices are coming down you are out of luck

Even the dollar stores added a quarter on to the buck

For us old folks on fixed incomes this is truly insane 

But do those in power listen as we loudly complain