Belfast Confetti
Ciaran Carson
Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation
marks,
Nuts, bolts, nails, car keys. A fount of broken type. And
the explosion
Itself - an asterisk on the map. This hyphenated line, a burst
of rapid fire ...
I was trying to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept
stuttering
All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and
colons.

I know this labyrinth so well - Balaklava, Raglan, Inkerman,
Odessa Street -
Why can't I escape? Every move is punctuated. Crimea  Street.
Dead end again.
A Saracen, Kremlin-2 mesh. Makrolon face -shields. Walkie-
talkies. What is
My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going?
A fusillade of question-marks.
Write the lyrics for a misc song made in 2014, titled "Belfast Confetti", by artist "Ciaran Carson".