Killykeen August

Elizabeth listens to Laurie Anderson
and the other two are asleep.
Tonight I walked down
by the lake before dinner
as the sun prepared for slumber.
One orange-gold bar streaked
across the sky
and a flock of birds
silhouetted across it.
Sitting on my rock
I saw them reflected
perfectly in the Buddha-still lake.
Later at dinner
we complimented the cook
on her secret sauce
and organic pasta,
then, playing sevens and
eating chocolate and crisps,
for no particular reason
Sonya kept saying the word "arse".

Sometimes I love this life,
when the sacred balance between
stillness and silly laughter
is weighed
to perfection.

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Biography

After several years in the e-learning and telecommunications industries as a writer and editor, Deirdre Clancy is currently working as a peace activist, freelance editor of acadmic books
and occasional writer and researcher. Her interests include women and religion, which she has written about and researched.
She has also done various pieces of freelance writing on women's issues and peace activism for journals and web magazines. She is on trial in October in Dublin Circuit Court for direct action at
Shannon Airport coming up to the war on Iraq. She is currently living in Dublin.