Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Clark Gormley #60 South Australia is our France


they have this odd accent
like they’re better than us
bring up the free-settler thing
whenever they can

it’s all a bit different
pie-floater croissants
O-bahn Metro line
Stobie pole pissoirs

theirs is a gift
for making lah-di-dah
champagne music
of superior vintage

from their Paris surrounded
by jardin botanique
catch the tram to Glenelg
Calais as a palindrome

things are on the up
for the merle noir connoisseurs
from the Coorong Riviera
to the Flinders Pyrenees

and Whyalla, a crumb
on the edge of a huge
red crepe floating in
Gulf de Spencer jus

is being plucked from the jaws
of circling white pointers
by an Indian savior,
Victor Laszlo of the Punjab

2 comments:

  1. Stick it to those wretched snobs Clark!
    Now after 2 (and taking my cue from Kit above):
    'there's no town like Snowtown, there's no town that I know,
    everything about it is appalling ...'

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