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Sorry for Your Troubles
Also by Pádraig Ó Tuama and published by
Canterbury Press
readings from the book of exile
Sorry for Your Troubles
Pádraig Ó Tuama
© Pádraig Ó Tuama 2013
First published in 2013 by the Canterbury Press Norwich
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
978 1 84825 462 6
Typeset by Manila Typesetting Company
Printed and bound in Great Britain by CPI Group (UK) Ltd, Croydon
Contents
T h e w o r d b e c a m e s t r e t c h e d
[ t h e ] n o r t h [ e r n ] [ o f ] i r e l a n d
S o r r y f o r y o u r T r o u b l e s
P o s t c a r d s t o t h e c e n t r e
W e l c o m e t o B e l f a s t
T h e O p p o s i t e o f F e a r
A n d i s n ’ t i t t r u e f o r a l l o f u s
M o t h e r p r a y i n g w h i l e
t h e b l i t z r a i n e d d o w n
T h i s i s t h e w o r d o f t h e L o r d
T r o u b l e s i n t h e c o n c r e t e
