Cuirim eochair i bpoll an t\u00e9itheora
\n agus casaim an chomhla ar tuathal \u2014 siar,
\nsiar, go dt\u00ed go gcloisim sileadh an uisce
\n ag glugarnach as i mbraonta tiubha,
\nan t-aer a bh\u00ed srianta scaoilte ar\u00eds.
\n Le clic and trice-tic, filleann cuisle an ph\u00edopa,
\nag tarraingt teas ar ais tr\u00ed c\u00f3ras soith\u00edoch an t\u00ed,
\n tr\u00ed fh\u00e9itheacha agus artair\u00ed folaithe faoi chraiceann
\nna balla\u00ed \u2014 r\u00fandiamhracht an n\u00ed nach bhfeictear
\n a bhogann faoin dromchla, amhail oibri\u00fa cloig.
\nSmaoin\u00edm siar ar an gclog clinge i dteach mo sheanmh\u00e1thair
\n agus an sc\u00e9al a d\u2019ins\u00edodh s\u00ed i gc\u00f3na\u00ed
\nfaoi l\u00e1 samhraidh agus \u00ed ina bhean \u00f3g nuaph\u00f3sta,
\n f\u00e1gtha ina haonar chun an dinn\u00e9ar a r\u00e9iteach.
\nTableau: an b\u00e9ile r\u00e9idh, bord leagtha, an t-url\u00e1r scuabtha,
\n sheas s\u00ed ag fanacht orthu, a l\u00e1mha trom gan ualach
\noibre orthu. Nuair a chonaic s\u00ed go raibh an clog ina stop,
\n dhreap s\u00ed ar st\u00f3l chun \u00e9 a thochras,
\nan eochair ina dorn aici
\n ach chaith a athair ch\u00e9ile an doras ar oscailt,
\nag b\u00faireadh nach mbeadh s\u00e9 de chead aici riamh
\n m\u00e9ar a leagan ar spr\u00e9 a ch\u00e9ile. N\u00ed dhearna s\u00ed
\ndearmad ar a bhfocal, d\u00fairt s\u00ed, gach uair, ina dhiaidh sin
\n gur chuir an clog c\u00e9anna ar st\u00f3l \u00ed, le eochair
\na bhr\u00fa sa pholl agus \u00e9 a chasadh ar tuathal \u2014 siar,
\n siar go dt\u00ed gur chuala s\u00ed clic and trice-tic,
\ncuisle an cloig fillte ar\u00eds \u2014 c\u00f3ras casta an saoil,
\n a chuid f\u00e9itheacha agus artair\u00ed, agus r\u00fandiamhracht
\ns\u00edora\u00ed an n\u00ed nach bhfeictear, a bhogann i gc\u00f3na\u00ed
\n faoi dhromchla \u00e1r laethanta.<\/p>\n
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I place the key in the radiator slot
\n and twist the valve withershins \u2014 back,
\nback, until I hear the liquid drip, the fall
\n of fat glottal drops, trapped gas, freed
\nand the click and trickle trick of pipe-pulse
\n sending heat through the house\u2019s
\ncirculatory system, all its veins and arteries
\n concealed under a skin of walls \u2014
\nthe mystery of that which moves under the surface
\n like clockwork. I think of the chiming clock
\nin my grandmother\u2019s house and the story she always told,
\n the one where it was a summer\u2019s day and she,
\na newly-arrived bride left alone to prepare the midday meal.
\n The dinner ready, table laid, floor swept, she stood,
\nwaiting, hands heavy with the lack of tasks. Seeing
\n that the clock had stopped, she climbed on a stool
\nto correct it, the winding key gripped in her fist
\n when her husband\u2019s father threw open the door,
\nroaring that she should never again lay a finger
\n on his wife\u2019s dowry.
\nShe remembered those words,
\n she always said, every time the old clock
\nput her up on a stool, to place the key in its slot
\n and turn it withershins \u2014 back,
\nback, until she\u2019d hear the click and trickle trick
\n of clock-pulse returned \u2014 the convoluted workings
\nof life, all its veins and arteries, and the mystery
\n of the unseen, of that which moves
\nunder the surface of our days, continually.<\/p>\n
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Cuirim eochair i bpoll an t\u00e9itheora agus casaim an chomhla ar tuathal \u2014 siar, siar, go dt\u00ed go gcloisim sileadh an uisce ag glugarnach as i mbraonta tiubha, an t-aer a bh\u00ed srianta scaoilte ar\u00eds. Le clic and trice-tic, filleann cuisle an ph\u00edopa, ag tarraingt teas ar ais tr\u00ed c\u00f3ras soith\u00edoch an t\u00ed, tr\u00ed fh\u00e9itheacha […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":161,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[333,334],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\n