A Disused Shed in Co. Wexford by Derek Mahon Let them not forget us, the weak souls among the asphodels – Seferis, Mythistorema For J.G. Farrell Even now there are places where a thought might grow – Peruvian mines, worked out and abandoned To a slow clock of condensation, An echo trapped forever, and a flutter Of wildflowers in the lift-shaft, Indian compounds where the wind dances And a door bangs with diminished confidence, Lime crevices behind rippling rainbarrels, Dog corners for bone burials; And a disused shed in Co. Wexford, Deep in the grounds of a burnt-out hotel, Among the bathtubs and the washbasins A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole. This is the one star in their firmament Or frames a star within a star. What should they do there but desire? So many days beyond the rhododendrons With the world waltzing in its bowl of cloud, They have learnt patience and silence Listening to the rooks querulous in the high wood. They have been waiting for us in a foetor Of vegetable sweat since civil war days, Since the gravel-crunching, interminable departure of the expropriated mycologist. He never came back, and light since then Is a keyhole rusting gently after rain. Spiders have spun, flies dusted to mildew And once a day, perhaps, they have heard something – A trickle of masonry, a shout from the blue Or a lorry changing gear at the end of the lane. There have been deaths, the pale flesh flaking Into the earth that nourished it; And nightmares, born of these and the grim Dominion of stale air and rank moisture. Those nearest the door growing strong – ‘Elbow room! Elbow room!’ The rest, dim in a twilight of crumbling Utensils and broken flower-pots, groaning For their deliverance, have been so long Expectant that there is left only the posture. A half century, without visitors, in the dark – Poor preparation for the cracking lock And creak of hinges. Magi, moonmen, Powdery prisoners of the old regime, Web-throated, stalked like triffids, racked by drought And insomnia, only the ghost of a scream At the flashbulb firing squad we wake them with Shows there is life yet in their feverish forms. Grown beyond nature now, soft food for worms, They lift frail heads in gravity and good faith. They are begging us, you see, in their wordless way, To do something, to speak on their behalf Or at least not to close the door again. Lost people of Treblinka and Pompeii! ‘Save us, save us,’ they seem to say, ‘Let the god not abandon us Who have come so far in darkness and in pain. We too had our lives to live. You with your light meter and relaxed itinerary, Let not our naïve labours have been in vain!Tumblr (3.0; @adisusedshed)http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_50758362872" src="http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50758362872/audio_player_iframe/adisusedshed/tumblr_mmyb17GfjR1qbk43e?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fadisusedshed%2F50758362872%2Ftumblr_mmyb17GfjR1qbk43e" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://ourlightsinvain.tumblr.com/post/50706492789/themousygirlscreams-the-mountain-goats-no">ourlightsinvain</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://themousygirlscreams.tumblr.com/post/50658782368/the-mountain-goats-no-children">themousygirlscreams</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Mountain Goats - No Children</p> </blockquote> <p>our friends say it’s darkest before the sun rises/we’re pretty sure they’re all wrong.</p> </blockquote>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50758362872http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50758362872Sat, 18 May 2013 17:20:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0a70fe978b29a85fadd494111b6816b6/tumblr_mloutgVap21rvofqco1_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/541cd84c5a7b86dca9e244880b089251/tumblr_mloutgVap21rvofqco2_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cca262c0b2916035377c99783a754f1b/tumblr_mloutgVap21rvofqco3_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a7ff740e3a8792264c43fee18796eed2/tumblr_mloutgVap21rvofqco4_250.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://devildoll.tumblr.com/post/50732943853/theytriedtotameyou-the-rising-1x01-aww-our" class="tumblr_blog">devildoll</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theytriedtotameyou.tumblr.com/post/48668858571/the-rising-1x01">theytriedtotameyou</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The Rising [1x01].</p> </blockquote> <p>aww our little sassy colonel when he was just a sassy major <3</p></blockquote>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50758044430http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50758044430Sat, 18 May 2013 17:16:34 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c7d007db498eae37b0a7fdee7764ae8f/tumblr_mmt8qcV3aD1rz0ymco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c93602fdb07d81f9185c03aa59fdefd9/tumblr_mmt8qcV3aD1rz0ymco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://misandrwitch.tumblr.com/post/50701959802/postpunkwesleycrusher-sadurday" class="tumblr_blog">misandrwitch</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://postpunkwesleycrusher.tumblr.com/post/50701720185/sadurday-steamedcrab-so-i-was-watching-the">postpunkwesleycrusher</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sadurday.tumblr.com/post/50701522544/steamedcrab-so-i-was-watching-the-news-and-this">sadurday</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://steamedcrab.tumblr.com/post/50451179454/so-i-was-watching-the-news-and-this-2nd-grader">steamedcrab</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>so i was watching the news and this 2nd grader wrote this to the president, vice president, and a congressman. biden was the only one to respond yet. LITERALLY.</p> </blockquote> <p>biden probably took this straight to the prez as a serious reccomendation</p> </blockquote> <p>i swear sometimes joe biden is like the Lil B of politics god bless</p> </blockquote> <p>the last bit just kills me omg luv u joey b</p></blockquote>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50757883135http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50757883135Sat, 18 May 2013 17:14:22 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/1fb24e1789533a7a2997e3c6ccce1d2c/tumblr_mmhcp9yfFJ1qe3p9bo1_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7735ca62aee85ef2f7f31f00c810c7e6/tumblr_mmhcp9yfFJ1qe3p9bo2_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ed7057d73a14395d4660fc8496cc87b/tumblr_mmhcp9yfFJ1qe3p9bo3_500.gif"/><br/> <br/><p><a href="http://lyndsayfaye.tumblr.com/post/50741193916/sketchlock-bloodmothers-tacgnol" class="tumblr_blog">lyndsayfaye</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sketchlock.tumblr.com/post/50636083616/bloodmothers-tacgnol-paralysedbeaver">sketchlock</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://bloodmothers.tumblr.com/post/49944013216/tacgnol-paralysedbeaver-shaun-of-the-dead">bloodmothers</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://tacgnol.tumblr.com/post/49939129820/paralysedbeaver-shaun-of-the-dead-2003-hot">tacgnol</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://paralysedbeaver.tumblr.com/post/49930101231/shaun-of-the-dead-2003-hot-fuzz-2007-the">paralysedbeaver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Shaun of the Dead (2003), Hot Fuzz (2007), The World’s End (2013) [<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gz_dPVrciwM">x</a>,<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEG_PSb_Ts">x</a>,<a href="http://video.uk.msn.com/watch/video/exclusive-the-world-s-end-trailer/2t5faj5e">x</a>]</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>I’m so happy someone already made this photoset</p> </blockquote> <p>im so excited i cant</p> </blockquote> <p>I HAVEN’T EVEN SEEN HOT FUZZ YET. /SCREECH/</p> </blockquote> <p>Bless you, Simon.</p></blockquote>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50757638495http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50757638495Sat, 18 May 2013 17:11:00 -0400<p>I need to download the Tumblr app again so I can keep up with you guys. My laptop is almost broken completely now &#8212; the battery died and everything.</p> <p>But the Tumblr app is so <em>terrible</em>. :(</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50756172817http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50756172817Sat, 18 May 2013 16:51:10 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/cf3bf4370d6b1ed0c0117cdd3550f947/tumblr_mn08nxYuCV1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Who got 12 6-quart perennials at Western for the same price as 3 at English Gardens? THIS GIRL.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50741944936http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50741944936Sat, 18 May 2013 13:31:09 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e7d2b6ac00257afc0fa86f99044a8932/tumblr_mmx9plfc481r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Begging silently for daddy’s Szechuan peanuts. She doesn’t know what she’s asking for.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50626425492http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50626425492Thu, 16 May 2013 23:00:56 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/34576d23f77e7c1c2222040b15c2396d/tumblr_mmpm7trydy1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Just a little homemade brownie action for my baby @fejwe</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50299979208http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50299979208Sun, 12 May 2013 19:50:17 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/b6c4db0e10e78950a19a516cff28e4e1/tumblr_mmne6n9MxY1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The back of the house has cute cedar shingles that some moron painted brown.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50185946325http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50185946325Sat, 11 May 2013 15:01:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1b4c3c466aaa607d4a5be8fa1813205e/tumblr_mmne50DAGy1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lawn: Mown.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50185871748http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50185871748Sat, 11 May 2013 15:00:36 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/ff537c2340c787ceef9856c91ad0b062/tumblr_mmk34wvc541r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Basically every front lawn in our neighborhood is full of flowering trees and bushes and is charmingly landscaped. We’ll get there!</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50049780321http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/50049780321Thu, 09 May 2013 20:10:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/4ec3ff1acb7dfc87af4e31a1c7186eff/tumblr_mmidylrdu01r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>So we have this weird, droopy Mexican Redbud in the backyard. I think I’ll pull it out — it’s not really hardy in our winters and it has like 2 flowers.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49981577842http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49981577842Wed, 08 May 2013 22:08:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/437353703f0991089ac06469408a7666/tumblr_mmauw0inON1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amy wants my phone for the Instagram experience. What a hipster.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49636854227http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49636854227Sat, 04 May 2013 20:33:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2a50075948f58fc3b5756738ddea452e/tumblr_mmajlnA71f1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lavender and mint.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49619703106http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49619703106Sat, 04 May 2013 16:29:47 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d5063b5af3b850220c7534ed6114404d/tumblr_mmai7g6WXA1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Haven’t taken a picture of the front of the house in a while. I planted some lobelia and violas, but it still looks scraggly. :/</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49617481216http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49617481216Sat, 04 May 2013 15:59:40 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/1518bd179ade595db5c4cdf2807d0458/tumblr_mm971oSfvq1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Sleepyheads.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49562502153http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49562502153Fri, 03 May 2013 23:01:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/124829ea791854778e2d41dd677af6af/tumblr_mm8apx3ptH1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Violets in the backyard! Spring came on so fast this year.</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49515899323http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49515899323Fri, 03 May 2013 11:22:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/47027efd7f00f0b5720ae8010e602abc/tumblr_mm85p18Nmm1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Long busy day ahead. Time for: Bialetti Gigantico!!!</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49510845750http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49510845750Fri, 03 May 2013 09:34:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/68e4b7c17c2401dfb3dc6f80118a9691/tumblr_mm4jognjnh1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My surprise #tulips in bloom! Next to our nasty busted up fence. ;)</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49360821481http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49360821481Wed, 01 May 2013 10:45:52 -0400tulips<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/604bc451f716a73a16879aada4266e51/tumblr_mm1vwrvGxY1r1v7w0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>She’s so naturally solemn that I’ve had to try really hard to get a picture of her doggie grin. #latergram #dog</p>http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49237739965http://adisusedshed.tumblr.com/post/49237739965Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:17:15 -0400doglatergram