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the man with two sons
secretly danced the burlesque
he’d shimmy in sequins
and gossamer kept locked in a chest
at the foot of the bed
where the memories guiltily slept
and he’d take out a dream sometimes to see
if there was any of the old magic left

and wonders again to himself
what comes next

the girl with two daughters
can’t see where her yesterday’s went
her astonishing smile hides her rage
at inherited theft
that trickles down less and less
an economist said
the only dance that she has is packing carrier-bags
telling herself she’s doing her best

and wonders again to herself what comes next
what comes next
she wonders again to herself
what comes next

the sons and the daughters
although they don’t realise it yet
they all carry kernels of ideas
of quiet conquest
in the shadows of factories
bankrupt with fracturing debt
like a bright errant weave that appears unforeseen
caught up in the warp and the weft

deciding for themselves
what comes next
they’re deciding again for themselves
what comes next
let them decide for themselves
what comes next

© tim o’connor 2014

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from Returning to the Sea, released November 19, 2014

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Tim O'Connor Hull, UK

Tim O'Connor is an English Folk/Rock songwriter based in Yorkshire, UK, Performing & recording since the late Seventies, Tim has released a large catalogue of albums, 39 to date, available on his record label, Uilleand Music.

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cowfisH, from 1992 onwards.

The Ant Farm Collective, from 2014-2017.

Tim O’Connor & the Poachers 2018-
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