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| (not the cottage in the poem - but quite close) |
Patinas
(or Three views of a railway worker's cottage)
i.
Cream wood-and-wire fence
cocoa-dusted with old age;
gloss of cumquat leaves.
ii.
Worn white iron lace
cobwebs the verandah posts
catching rust speckles.
iii.
Trains rattle beyond
bluestone gutters flecked with gold
fallen from plane trees.
© Melinda Smith 2016
Lovely. You've given the old building new life.
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