Say Hello To The Dempseys
D Dónall Dempsey
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The simple act
of saying
hello in our household
was a bit of a
mouthful:
like doing musical
scales.
There was 10 of us
to get through
as you came through
the Dempsey front door
riffing on the
abbreviation of our
pet names
so
Donall became Do.
Deirdre became Dee.
Blathin became Blathi became Bla became Bla Bla!
Etc.,
etc.,
etc.
So if you were to go
on a virtual reality tour
of me aged...oh
I don't know
bursting in from scholl
we sounded something
a little like this:
'Hi Dee! '
('Hi Do! ')
'lo Lo....'lo Do! '
'Hi Bi! '
'Hi Mi! '
('Hi Doooo! ')
'Hiya Gra! '
'Hiya Bar! '
('Hiya Dooo! ')
'BlaBla! '
'DoDo! '
OOOOoooops...there's Me.
going pellmell
(no time to say hello!)
Junie is
always Junie
& at the heart
of it all
me Ma
(who had the makings
of us all)
greeted both
with hug & kiss
(X & X)
& her first name:
''lo lovely lovely Ita! ')
us all waiting for my father
to bicycle down the hill
the sheer thrill of him
as we all screamed
& squealed:
'Daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! '
(For the 'Hi Bi! ' part of the poem)
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