I watched the film A Time To Kill last night
Always was a bit behind the curve
Been listening to Amy McDonald This is the Life
How did I miss her? Must have swerved
Anyway the film I did enjoy
It brought to light the bias we employ
Eager for our own
The rest we can disown
The world is black and white
You listening boy?
No Irish no Blacks no dogs
The sign in boarding houses
For a time
We don’t want the other sort
We only want our own
Narrow thinking narrow living
Crime
The film holds a mirror up to me
I can be just as narrow don’t you see
Tension causes us to seek our own
Cross divides you never can come home
Brian Fahy
12 November 2021
Erris Poetry 