Saturday, March 17, 2018

Kerri Shying R # 430 - Rose-apple Lilli Pilli


Rose-apple Lilli Pilli

six seasons   suit the birds   for all
the world  a bath   the air  lime warm

small rockets  ear to ear   the count
your families   home for the berries

all clustered five  to the bract
at night the soughing  of the bats

and clatter  wake me  love
this   change of shift

sing to me   suburb   drag
the wheels   of your  three bins

shonk against the asphalt
more than mowers  more than

Hills Hoists   I hear    the colours
rotate  we meet in passing   us

the people of the green waste
the yellow crush recycle   we

drag the shrunken red rubbish bin
kerbside   front and centre

what week is it   where I see you
unexpected  in your shorts at 8am

on the wrong day   and store it
in my memory   I’m standing talking

to the lady    in the middle of us  
and her baby is suddenly walking

  eating lilli pilli

off the footpath   we are all eyes
instead of ears    you are a post it note

of the future
  if you stray


2 comments:

  1. A beauty Kerri - love that almost random-esque post it note of the future straying around at the end :)

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