Bobby Sands: I HATE THIS PLACE

Long Kesh Prison by Crispin Rodwell

I hate this place with all my heart
My cell, this prison every part.
For me it is a living hell
With dirt and pain and a stinking smell.
The Screws they have orders to break us all.
They do their best for it is Mason's call.
So they beat and starve us every day
While they seek a rise in their daily pay.
They have blocked our windows, we cannot see,
Is it snowing or is there a drought?
For us the sun it never shines
There's just the darkness and the lonely times.
I hate this place with all my heart,
Could you blame me, from the start?
But I tell the Screws and Mason too -
To break a blanket man you cannot do!
- I HATE THIS PLACE


Writings from Prison - Mercier Press

Bobby Sands was 27 years old when he died. He spent almost nine years of his life in prison because of his Irish republican activities. He died, in prison, on 5 May 1981, on the sixty-sixth day of his hunger strike at Long Kesh Prison, outside Belfast.

Cyber Crank

Don’t ring ring, online phone

Don’t text text, sms

or even poke poke, Facebook

Digg it!

I do the walk

I hate GTalk

I don’t do brand new

I don’t care about ICQ

I’m no Messenger, but nor are you

Now tell me

Why do you tweet, when you’re so oblique

Why do you blog, when you’re dumb as log

Nevermind My Space, I’ll Stumble around your place

Oh please don’t Flickr out

You don’t wanna hang out

Not Too Much Booze

Image by Nathan Smith

Not too much booze for me

Thank you very much

Four pints and I am out of touch

Another one, some would say

Unlike you, I pay

I agree they’re cool

Pubs are indeed great

But talking is natural for you

I struggle and wake up at eight

That is not really true

I sometimes go blue

So for the music I go

As the craic I must know

Can you do another one please?

The Importance of Being Gay

Image: Koleksifoto

What Gay does, what Gay says

can’t be talked in the mass

Gay’s no devil nevertheless

Now Gay will say things as they are

Gay will drive the best car

Although Gay’s not a materialistic fool

Gay only swims in a fancy pool

and dresses nice clothes

Gay can’t help it

Gay has good taste

Plus a good job that is never at stake

Do and Don’ts

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Listen, don’t nag

When right, don’t brag

Talk, don’t hurt

Be gentle, don’t bluff

Accept, let it go

Love, don’t control

Speak, don’t shout

Ask, don’t give out

Move on, don’t delay

Once again, you say?

Kopy - The Cat

Kopy the cat didn't have a thinking cap
Kopy the cat it's time to take a nap
All that copying left you tired
Hopefully tomorrow you'll be inspired
Go now and be good
Your insecurity is understood

Image: Kyle-Brady.com

When Day meets Daisies

Although they blossom every year 

I completely forget about them when they´re gone 

When Spring starts there they come again

Out of the green of our garden 

I always find them beautiful and am caught by surprise 

To me they´re natural ornaments in our backyard 

as gracious as Christmas decorations 

However, one Day decides to cut the grass 

and another Day turns a bit blue

20 minutes later...