Hi Frank,
I love how the looking for a new house interlinks with personal relationship
and the last two lines leave you with a haunting feeling as if something has
moved on and your not quite sure what. So ordinary seeming yet quite
extraordinary, which is of course you stock in trade.
bw
James


>From: Frank Faust <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: sub - finding a place
>Date: Sat, 29 Jun 2002 20:25:06 +1000
>
>where shall we live
>I was thinking perhaps
>we might take a look around Edithvale
>or Aspendale
>maybe Bonbeach
>or the Patterson Lakes
>
>somewhere close to the beach
>the cheap side of the highway
>not far from the train
>and a school
>with no less than three bedrooms
>and two places to work
>an office for me and your studio
>
>wouldn't it be nice to find
>a place we can pay for
>that doesn't need toil
>and isn't the worst house on the street
>do you think we'll be lucky like that
>or will we be saddled
>with a mountain of debt
>from the peak of the bubble
>buying at the wrong time
>regretting our haste
>
>it doesn't do to fall in love
>with the first house you see
>but did you notice the colours
>the rich warmth of brown
>and the love that the owner has used
>in the placement of pots and ceramics
>through the garden
>we could soon make a wall
>to screen off that work space
>I've been swept off my feet
>by the sun room
>
>the ceilings are high
>
>indian slate on the floor in the kitchen
>the stovewas  imported from Italy
>it's as neat as a pin don't you think
>we could be happy here
>but
>
>it's a little too far
>from the beach and the train
>really it's a measure on the small side
>and will take every penny of budget
>this is only the 'Heights
>not the main drag
>
>it may not appreciate
>
>a shame
>when the house is so pretty and warm
>we might have been happy
>it doesn't do to fall in love
>too fast
>
>~
>
>Frank
>
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bw
James


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