Stuart Rawlinson #96 - Trip to Old Petrie

what else can you do

when the city floods 

the beaches

the hinterland plans

fully booked on the map 

nobody here to steal a space

to clog the passages between new

old Queenslanders

refurbished

to the hilt and full of 

crystals and tarot card readers 

it’s spiritual

you see

i don’t

we look through the trees

for a photo opportunity

a stream of junk

a steamroller

rusted pins and wheels

that once turned

I never expected 

such lengths

of authenticity

everywhere 

closed since 1918