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Ramblings of a Listless Man

Eoghan Lyng·January 27, 2025

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Ramblings of a Listless Man

written by: Eoghan Lyng

Power: nap, drink, food
Door: bell, paint, knob
Jewel: stone, thief, rock, bracelet
Patriarch: art, role
Catching: fire, cold
Madness: sick, therapy, institution
Mind: games, sports
Spine: illness, pain, bones, sports
Hopes and dreams: count, list, library, archive
Footsteps: prints, sounds
Taste: food, humour
Relish: plants, relationship, this life
Guest: list, spot, invitations
Panic: attack, feeling, station, shelter, medication
Strength: of mind, of conviction
Sense: humour, emotions, feeling, conviction, place/time
Nerves: system, illness

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Eoghan Lyng is an Irish man and sometime writer. He lives in Glasgow, having written from the perspective from Cork, Madrid and Prague. He has written for OutlawPoetry, VadaMagazine and FromTheLighthouse.

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