#161 Kevin Brophy 'Lucky day'

#161 ‘Lucky day’

I watch a man dig up a bush potato

larger than his head.

Women bend to wild tomatoes

as if each one is an angelus.

The girls paint their lips

with nail polish.

I climb onto the roof to cut away

scratching eucalyptus leaves.

Ngaarnkup tells me he has bags and bags

of clothing for the people.

Naeem has a documentary on a usb

about a school in Nepal.

I watch the boys’ hair fly as they ride

a motor bike along our sandy road.

Today’s a lucky day,

we hung the clothes out,

red and pink, with orange sheets,

and the cow did not eat any of it.