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David Purves Resurrection Afore he made ti dee, Keing James the Fift rowed roun ti face the waw an dwyned awa, raither nor thole the skaith that wes ti cum or byde the waesum thocht o Solway Moss. The lave o Scots war no that ferr ahint in trokin lyfe for airn fantasies that smure ti deid the verra sowls o men. The licht o Scotland syne gaed out, it seemed, foraye; but wha coud ken the aumers dernt anaith the auss, lowin awa unseen, an wantin nocht but wunds o weird ti steir an blaw thaim up intil a guid-gaun gleid. An nou at lest we’r lyke ti resurrect frae leevin daith, whatlyke wul Scotland be? Wha kens? Fowr hunder year’s a lang whyle deid!
Afore he made ti dee, Keing James the Fift
rowed roun ti face the waw an dwyned awa,
raither nor thole the skaith that wes ti cum
or byde the waesum thocht o Solway Moss…
—David Purves, “Resurrection”
in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
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A thole't the daurk times fer sae lang as A see'd fit, an than a while langer.
Nae mair, but. A'm duin wi 'at. The time fer better days hiv come.
A'm boun fer it.
#Scotstober - #thole
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