we are gifted
with crepe myrtle
by the roadside
growing free
pink and purple
frothy flora
amongst garbage
and the dumpsters
and the tagging
and the phō shops
pizza parlours
and the junkies
what have we done
council
to receive this
glorious bounty
you’re not usually
this nice
good god
there’s even white
not generally
so generous
or tasteful
with the free stuff
especially
the tree stuff.
not my city anymore o, Melbourne gone the Biting Eye Catcher Thumping Tum Sebastian’s Bertie’s Southern Cross bar jazz haunts folk dives...
different toilets in the night no guiding light strange bed wrong height no morning tea no toast no shower up at an ungodly hour...
man stands naked on the platform muscular and hairy shiny taut ready for our eyes our charcoal and our rubbers man stands naked and...
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