[{"node":{"title":"Boyd117","Collections":"Boyd Letters","Contributor":"Boyd Estate","Coverage":"19 Jan","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Boyd117","Item Description":"Letter","Keywords":"Heaney, Politics","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/boyd117","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Boyd117_1.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeff- 6 -\n\n'Is there a life before death? That\u2019s chalked up\nin Ballymurphy, Competence with pain,\nCoherent miseries, a bite and sup,\nWe hug our little destiny again.'\n\nThat\u2019s another quote from Heaney. Is there a life\nbefore death? We\u2019re not too concerned about the other\njust now, though I heard Paisley yesterday on television\nsay that he wouldn\u2019t discuss or think about politics on\na Sunday. Isn\u2019t it a pity he thinks about politics at\nall? Is there a life before death? That\u2019s the question,\nas Joxer would say, that\u2019s the question.\n\nYes, that is the question, isn\u2019t it? In the\nmeantime we go on living this half-life in this murdering,\nmouldering city. Many are leaVing, of course, and nearly\nevery street has houses with For Sale notices, like tin\nflags.\n\nAnother Irish emigration is taking place, hundreds\nevery week flee from this run-down city that has not yet\nfound an identity. Will it ever?\n\nd That\u2019s one of the things I\u2019d like to discuss when we\nnext meet. Look after yourself.\n\nJohn\n","Type":"Text"}}]