LYGON FESTERING ONE SUNDAY ARVO

 

Bad poets and European kitsch
Armpit-deep people

Hope is a breathing space
Gelatis from arse to elbow

Greasy poles for the Travolta family youth
Clandestine wine for Uncle Remo

Superduperloop attractions
Promise sensual subterfuge

Pizza in the roadway with a friend
Gave the shutterbug food for view

Hitching to Richmond for smoke
Gave space and rhyme to the mind

Back again to populous madness
Gave clarity to travelling alone

Following the white line

Watching the street kids
Making beauty with fireworks-glow
Magic out of naughtiness

While snide señoritas pass sentence
From the prison of their haughtiness

 ©Hugh Wade 1996

 

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