Tuesday 15 June 2021

On Bloomsday, remembering Lucia Joyce


 St. Dymphna in St Andrew.

1951 - 1982, Northampton.

Trieste, Zurich, Paris, Northampton, but never Dublin, never Galway. 
A lithe dancer, sweet and ironic; but angered when confined to a straitjacket. 
Six in rhythm and colour at the Bal Bullier, Tous Les Jeudis, Grande FĂȘte. 
James and Sam heckling the judges. 
Lucia, manic enthusiasm, energy, experiencing distress, marginalization and a predilection for unprotected sex, anger, anxiety and panic attacks. 
Lucia painting her face black, changing a movement, changing it back again. 
Sending telegrams to dead people. 
Beckett at Castle Station, morning sun on Via Nuova, cold winter on the Billing Road.

 

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43484927/lucia-anna-joyce