Pondering from Beaufort St – 20th
August 2013
Parrots screech in
drunken hilarity
Drinking nectar of
flowering flame trees
Shrieking obscenities
into sunlit space
Crows with laryngitis
Cough to clear their
throats
To see if they can
sing arpeggios
Instead of coughing
croaking caws.
A harried scraggy
mother magpie
Chased by hungry
adolescent
Eating worms on the
run
To try and get some
space
A huddle of teenage
boys
Blink and grunt in
monosyllabic tones
Stunned to see the
morning light
When their body’s
clocks still say night
Adults sit hunched over
coffee cups
Addicts inhaling steam
Waiting, delaying
The early morning
start
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