S E McCarthy

Joined December 2021

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Home What happened? You were a good man. You built a career A life A family A home How did you end up here?
By S E McCarthy7 days ago in Poets
A difficult question
The couple in the photo held each other in eternal embrace, locked away safely from the harms and hardships of life. The pinstriped man donned a wide smile; his thick, oily hair and chiselled features giving him the look of a 1950’s superman-by-the-seaside disguise.
By S E McCarthy7 days ago in Fiction
Bricks
As a boy, I became a keen collector of bricks. I started out modestly – Little half-bricks of self-doubt. Before long I had so many
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Treat me like the dog
I have something of a strange request It’s neither a jibe, nor is it a jest. If you could look beyond the fog I want you to treat me like the dog.
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Legopolis - 1
I wait for Doctor Who to begin as Barney, our family dog, sleeps Half-on half-off the fireplace. He’s old, smelly and snores loudly.
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
If you command it
If you command it I will wait until the walls of our home Become a blanket of cobwebs and dust And the weeds relentlessly choke the path
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Your hand (An ode to KK)
If the oceans leaked away And the soil it turned to sand I would be okay with that, As long as I held your hand.
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
The mess that trains make
The 6:03 express to Belfast Was forced to an unannounced stop. The train was packed Tokyo tight and Excessive heat forced a uniformed sigh
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Cum-in-a-Sock
You've been generously wined; You've been generously dined. But you say it’s much too late And I’m going to have to wait.
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Shipwreck
Like a piece of shipwreck, he’s blown to and fro, Pulled this way and that with nowhere to go. Titan waves conspire with biting wind and rain
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
Weightless moments in a child’s room
I feel weightless. Not the In-love kind When your body defies The laws of gravity - Your feet gliding and Your head as light as the
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets
The Big Bang
Rumour has it every molecule of Life Death God And Wonder Existing in your endless universe Was conceived in the womb of a
By S E McCarthy2 months ago in Poets