Sex and Death at Merlin Park Hospital

One – Sex and Death
Sarcoid Years 11
Someday I’ll Love Kweeveen O’Higgeen 12
The Reckoning 14
Sex and Death at the Merlin Park Infusion Unit 15
The Medicines 16
Prayer To The Absolute Dark 17
Intimacy Revisited 18
For Cynthia 19
Susan 20
Advice To A Modern Odysseus 21
Yes, but also: mid-life story 23
Spring Day 24
The Allegations Against You 25
What I’m Prepared To Tell You 26
Ciúnas/Quiet 28
Put Me Back 29
The Great News 32
Coalition of the Disappointed 33

Two – My View of Things
When I Wasn’t Yet 37
The Day Bowie Died 38
After The Terrible Events Earlier 39
In the White Man’s Clinic 40
Sold 41
Heavy Clogs 42
Leader of Irish Government Speaks Against Hyperbole 43
What Did The Politician Get His Wife 45
Don’t Stop Repealing 47
SJW from Horse Hair Hill 48
My View of Things 49
Let Me Tell You About Them 50
The Truth Behind the Wire 51
Beige Heterosexuals 52
Internet Safety for Adults 54
from Things That Keep Tim Awake of A Winter’s Night 55
Fixing The National Discourse 56
Refusal 58
Anatomy of a Bomb Scare 59
Listening Exercise 61
Pity the Woman Made of Wood 62
The Great Repeal 64
The Thing from Planet Gove 66
What Put The Diamonds In Your Owner’s Wife’s Ears? 67
The Minister for Loneliness 68
The Man Who Spoke Slogan 69
Prologue 70
Hoodied Bridget 71

Three – World Festival of Literary Intercourse
Up with Clever Literature 75
Feral Hogs 76
Uncrease Your Forehead and Do Not Sweat 77
The Bailiff’s Daughter 78
Review of Non-Existent Poetry Collection 79
The Captive Butt 81
On The Appointment of Director of Failed Bank To Executive
Board of Literature Ireland 82
The Caint World Festival of Literary Intercourse 83
Grasp 85
After The Revolution 87
The Crowning of the Prophet Una 88
Among Savages 90
Treatise on Uselessness 91

Acknowledgments 93
About the Author 95