DS Maolalaí is an English Literature graduate from Trinity College who now resides in Dublin after living abroad in the US and Canada for several years. Maolalaí’s writing has appeared in such publications as 4’33’, Strange Bounce, Bong is Bard, Down in the Dirt Magazine, Out of Ours, The Eunoia Review, Kerouac’s Dog, More Said Than Done, Star Tips, Myths Magazine, Ariadne’s Thread, The Belleville Park Pages, Killing the Angel and Unrorean Broadsheet. Maolalaí has thrice been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and has had work published in two collections: Love is Breaking Plates in the Garden and Sad Havoc Among the Birds.
Reincarnation.
really,
we’re comfortable.
that’s what’s different.
a year ago
with this kind of money
one of us would
have bought tickets.
now we’re looking
at places together
and being choosy
too—unheard of!
we need a second bedroom
which we can call our office
and somewhere outside
that the dog can go to piss.
need a big window
and a decent stove for cooking.
I can’t imagine it,
really living like this—my last flat had waterstains
like maps of other countries—I used to lie down drunk
and look at them
and wonder about new york.
last night
before I slept
I thought “next time
I’ll do it differently”
and I wasn’t even thinking
about us. just about going somewhere
when I’m 25 again
and seeing other things
like buildings—I assume
sometimes stupidly
that you get
another go.
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