07 September, 2010

I heard

tell
of Mrs Kelly
seen
often
in Derry City's
cemetery
on a cold night
with blankets
to keep
her son
warm
and know now
I have not
remembered
enough.

                                         Dublin, 3 October 2003
Michael Kelly, aged 17,  murdered 30 January 1972


~ ~ Chris Agee
From Next to Nothing,  Salt Publishing, 2009.    With permission.