Mary Gleeson.

The Central Guest House in Tipperary,
clean sheets on a big bed.
A sky light, the only window in the room,
Apart frhom the glazed door into the bathroom.
En Suite, Irish.

A loverly place and a great sleep,
wake, agape
Hear the son in the next room, getting up, getting his things ready,
Hear the noise from the street through the closed skylight.

Room number one in the Central Guest House
in Tipperary town.

The son comes in
did he sleep well?
There was a strange light coming in from the window of a neighbours house
kept him awake.

Then he goes back to his room.

Dress for the day
Visit the son in his room
he is at his table
doing his English vocabulary
for school.

Downstairs at breakfast
meet Mary Gleeson
Language teacher
Switzerland and
Ireland
and an American family.