by Philip Brady
(Dublin Statue on junction of O’Connell and Talbot Street)
James Joyce stood on Talbot Street,
Walking cane and face mask on,
Listening to the passing talk.
Ahem, Ahem, no cough, no phlegm,
No Covid taste, no Covid smell.
James Joyce stood on Talbot Street.
Was it a Bat, was it a Bird,
Aviary-ant, a vector spread,
Listening to the passing word?
He saw Buck Hooligan hurry past,
Anti Pat and anti-mask.
James Joyce stood on Talbot Street.
The Pfizer vaccine gives a start,
Two small pricks, a month apart.
Listening to the passing talk.
Where Anna Livia’s name is read,
Where Gabriel Conroy weeps the Dead.
Listening to the passing talk,
James Joyce stands on Talbot Street.
