KA Rees #18 - Catch of the Day

Catch of the Day

There are fresh leaves ripening on the frangipanni

fronds growing across jacarandas. The flame tree fires

up from the depth of black pods, the cuckoos are chased

by noisy minors. The ravens caw in circles, kookaburras preen

and don’t give a toss, in Bunbury they tape fish to the ATMs.

Suddenly the temperature plunges, we have walked with wind

blowing around our ankles. The rain has started and stopped,

in Bunbury they tape fish to the ATMs. In the city

there have been protests, the politicians

are getting irate. Don’t these bloody reprobates know

you can’t stop money from being made. There are

small shells washed along the tidal line and cunjevoi

quarrelling the toss. In Bunbury they'll be taping fish

to ATMs, it’s a bit of a problem for head office.