Joseph Jones

Owen Sheers * Track #15 On Skirrid Hill

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Album Skirrid Hill

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Owen Sheers

2005

Joseph Jones by Owen Sheers

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Owen Sheers

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‘Skirrid Hill’ takes its origin from the Welsh, ‘Ysgirid Fawr’ which roughly translates as ‘shattered mountain’. ‘Skirrid’ can also mean ‘divorced or separated’ – the theme is the connotation of something broken down or split away — the natural deterioration and separation of people and things.

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Joseph Jones Annotated

Of course I remember Joseph
Fifty press-ups before a night out,
hair sheened with gel,
air dead with scent when he passed.

Told us all how he got his red wings
over the bandstand railing.
Her skirt, an umbrella blown inside out,
White tights shed to high heels.

How he would stand at the bar,
stroking his chest with one hand,
drinking with the other;
the making of a small town myth -

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late night fights,
a trial once
with Cardiff Youth.

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