County Down Winter

Of winter, darkness, love, Christmas, mystery, war, fat man

County Down Winter

County Down winter falls hard buried in snow

Bone chilling ice buries the soul that had a heart

Sliced in two twice removed from love from life

From the equation to a distance in a kiss

Mistaken for friendship that missed the mark

Bone chilling straight to the core of winter

Cold comes, as speed trains, as bullets, like rain

As drops of acid bombs fallen from planes

Tumbled in turn to create disaster

As temperatures dip below the timberline

Plunge into regular sin then into mortal

Into total darkness as pine trees bow

To the pressure of original sins committed

Below the barometric limits of winter

Put upon them with excessive weight

Of snow, of white, as Christmas comes

On each floating flakes chaotic fall

Overnight God sends down a bearded man

Black boots make him look fatter than fat and old

There will be plenty of plastic toys for kids

Alcohol and coal mines for adults to dig

Parents prefer nuclear devices and rifles

To impress their neighbors who have nothing

As the good people pray in church

No one listens to Father O'Keefer

They don't need to they have their grief

A sneeze wakes them up before morning

A missile by their side for warmth

A soft voice continues preaching to the wind

Which is already rising with seasonal bliss

Is that the clock tower in the distance

Counting down the seconds to Christmas

In the County Down district in Ireland

Or something different that is ticking

Gone missing this time of year