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Rant Of An Irishman
The Rant Of An Irishman
Me ma's Irish, me da's Irish
Me brother and sister are too,
Even me pet fish's Irish
A helluva lot more than you.
You say you're 100% green
I couldn't fucking care,
Hail from a land you've never seen
Well I was fucking born there.
You think you're Irish
You seem convinced of it,
But you're from fucking Chicago
You stupid fucking prick.
Proud to be American
But deny it all the time,
Over and over and over again
Using the 'Irish' line.
I've heard it far too often
For five years too long,
Fami liar fucking tune
Fami liar fucking song.
Fuck off, fuck off, fuck off,
I'm fed up with this shite,
You're American, not Irish
Now get it fucking right.
Yes my surname's Bell
And yours maybe O'Grady,
If that makes you more Irish than me
I'm afraid your fucking crazy.
I don't care about your heritage
As I'm fucking up your farce,
You can shove your fucking history
Right up your fucking arse.
You want a personality
You'll have to look elsewhere,
You're not from fucking Ireland.
I am, I was born there.
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Comment by: Gerard - 2007-08-29 07:17
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| Hey mate, just getting back into using this site. How're things? Thought this was going to be a short story. You lie you lie! And I cry I cry, but not die! How are the gigs in Bangor going this weather? Might come back down for one when they've forgotten who I am. |
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Yes my surname??s Bell
And yours maybe O??Grady,
If that makes you more Irish than me
I??m afraid your fucking crazy.
Also gets a laugh from me! I agree with Gerard, would love to hear this being read again. |
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Comment by: Gerard - 2006-10-20 05:51
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| Heard you do this one live mate. It works on the page (or screen) as well. Hope to see you at the next Bookfinders. |
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I'm no poetry critic I'm afraid Michael - it was the title that drew me in - obviously!
You did give me a laugh though, for which thank you. I do think it would be worth your while sitting down with this again and tightening up the rhymes and the scanning to something like Pam Ayres standard. I reckon you could flog this to the Belfast Telegraph in the current political climate!
You must have heard the old chestnut: "there are only 2 types of people in the world; those who are Irish and those who wish they were." |
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Comment by: AJSmith - 2006-10-11 08:23
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Nice one, Michael. The title put me off but I was drawn to it to see if there was a justification. And there was. It may have been a rant, but it was an intelligent rant with purpose, and it was entertaining. Most of the ryhmes were good, but, though i like right up your fucking arse, the rhyme here was the only one that sounded obviously forced.
Enjoyable. |
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