LAMENT TO THE MUSIC OF Purcell’s lament

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

For my laptop

Taken away

To Nottingham

Far from Fermanagh

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

I cannot send my stories

I cannot read my

Friends’ poems

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

For my laptop

Read six books

Redesigned a dress

does not still my sadness

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

Cannot read my news

Cannot download a quote

Oh, Oh, Oh, let me weep

Washing my kitchen tiles

Refilling my stories

Have not kept my

Heartache away

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

I cannot send photos

Edit my ancestors

make a collage

Oh, Oh, Oh let me weep

Cooking asparagus with Wasabi sauce

Sorting my clothes

has not stopped me pining

When will I be linked with the world again?