Saturday 16 June 2018

Autumn in Toowoomba



Solicitous as a maitre de
the autumn dawn arrives filigreed with
the warble of wagtail and finch

Cumulus measle the grey sky
Ironbarks discuss needless alibi while
lawyer-gowned magpies hypothesize over the breakfast menu

The day unfolds to reveal
some drunk’s vomit congealed in
the gutter joining the stench of rotting leaves and diesel

Dusk settles with the authority
of ceaseless repetition as
the silent majority make their way home from work

Fast-food dishes of pizza and noodle
Eaten in front of programs with scant scruples as
the remora of twilight’s grey skin, the blue wash of digital
screens, appear on-cue

MDC
April 2018




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