(Originally published by The Beatnik Cowboy)
there was a man from Dublin
he celebrated St. Patrick’s Day
with boatloads of Guinness
he was a catholic who dressed in
scary costumes to ward off
spirits during the festival of Samhain
he listened to music heavy
in fiddle, piano, and acoustic guitar
combined with instruments like Irish
bouzoukis, uilleann pipes, and
celtic harps, known as clairseach
he danced in Irish jigs, reels, and step
he wore wooden shoes and dresses based
on designs found in the Book of Kells
he believed in the banshee
the tales of Fionn Mac Cumhaill
and leprechauns
he loved football and potatoes
he only read literature by
Swift, Yeats, Wilde, Shaw, and Stoker
he was the town weirdo
an outcast
because the man was from
Dublin, Georgia
Gloomy Forebodings 