Tuesday, November 22, 2011

POEM #7

LAST SUMMER

Four cocky climbers
in naval frigate grey
jumpsuits, wave to me
from the wind-smacked summit
of Sydney Harbour Bridge,
as I sit below them on the burnt deck
of a Parramatta-bound ferry,
thinking of how so many of us
prefer strained friendships.

LJ, November 23 2011.

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