GOGARTY'S GOOSE
or
MISTER JOYCE, YOUR GOOSE IS COOKED



With apologies to Gordon Brewster

Oliver St John Gogarty
Invited this old Goose for tea
In his not so ancient bower

The Goose got spooked
And was quickly cooked
in the Joyce Martello Tower

Though the Goose was doomed
And fair quick consumed
At that literary tea

Its entrails still
Cry out loud and shrill
From the nearby snot-green sea

So now Mister Joyce
If you still have voice
You can proclaim loud and clear

Mister Gogarty
And the Goose that he
Led to its cosumption here

Reflections following a visit to Martello Tower Eleven (Dublin South)
for a photoshoot to launch dlrcoco's Winter of Heritage 2018
followed by a bout of insomnia
18 January 2018