The Brownshill Dolmen allegedly has the largest cap stone in Europe. It is very impressive, especially when you are standing in the centre space.
I was in Ireland last week and on the way back to Dublin airport I stopped to visit the site.
I have been pondering the heat death of the universe since I was a teenager reading New Worlds. I blame Michael Moorcock!
This is a the long way round to explaining the title of this post.
Quartz Inaccuracy
the house at Kilrossanty
is a space of stopped clocks
two or three to each room
in the kitchen
a second hand spasms
like a dead frog’s leg
wired to a failing battery
entropy writ large
I also wrote this little piece.
the wineglass I was just about to use I realise cups the sticky residue of its last drink
how long has it waited in the darkness of the cupboard for this moment?
It arose from actually finding a dirty wineglass in the cupboard of the house we were renting.
I was listening to a lot of Sufjan Stevens while I was away so here is a beautiful song.
Until next time.