Mikaela Castledine #238 This is not the country

There are chickens now nextdoor

like this is the country

chick chack chucking

in the morning’s western window

and you know the foxes will get them

(yes there are foxes

though it is not the country

only outer metropolitan

tree edged surburbia)

When we bought the title to this land

the riparian rights still intact

allowed us to dip the creek water

onto the lemon tree

and more

an offensive trades licence

could be obtained

should pigs be required

but it is not the country

when you can see the

Camelot towers of the city

if you climb up on the roof