Sorry folks, got overenthusiastic. And nearly outa time down here.
Cheers,
Jill
4 shots in 1
1.
Wešre running rails as weather coats
skins, shirts, place names
how hard is speech and soft these wind tears
coating myself, an endless manufactory.
Each field empty as we pass
white lines, lone goals and stands
surrounded by grey light, block housing, carparks
each announcement calling us forward, duties and placements.
Opposite they both, busy with paper craft
dig in pouches for Drum, lick and roll Tallyho
ready to laugh when it stops and the doors let go.
There is no great plan beyond this
and if there is news from somewhere
it plays ever the same changes
and timetable advances.
- 9.15 am Marrickville to Central Station, Sydney, Australia.
2.
The future glides in, big passenger wings hopping down layers of cloud wash,
air space. In a carpark, way over, glass full of light as a gull turns above
bare trees and the memory of harbour salt floats, the lilt of traffic, the
wash of air conditioning, the tug and pitch of phone talk, the urge for
walking in the blue sky afternoon along the sea of coming and going.
- 2.45 pm Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia.
3.
Buskers fold as the rush hour arcs
I keep walking against the happy birthing swarm to exit-land
my way is through a warm glazy halo of yellow green tiles
amateur straggling murals mimic the jolting frieze of homeward crowd
keep on walking, the guitars are out of tune
keep on walking, the new plaza is grey
this is where the tunnel emerges and twists
this is where the rain might fall
this is where a light dusk is lowered on Railway Square
keep on walking
across the blind traffic of Broadway
across the hour into night
- 5.30pm, Devonshire Street Tunnel, Sydney, Australia
4.
donšt you know your lifeš
this chorus, the iron gate opposite
cars, brakes, the gutter
roll of wheelie bins, dog talk
farewell ghosting of chatter
jet bulk on curfew
stars scattered above the hill
music runs on, chimes out
donšt you know ...
... your lifeš
last night alone, jazz into sleep.
(song quoted Your Lifeš by City)
- 10.55 pm Marrickville, Sydney, Australia
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Jill Jones
50 Ruby Street
Marrickville NSW 2204
AUSTRALIA
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