Sky Snaps
Arcing high over Melbourne
an air force jet projects
a trail of white sperm.
After dark the same sky shows
a new moon flat on her back,
a disembodied lazy smile.
And therešs the Milky Way.
Evening after evening
the tinted glimmer enlarging
of Mars as if heading this way.
Each morning we point
to where we peered last night
for close-ups of Mars - between
our gum trees and our roof-tree.
7.00.am Wednesday 27 August 2003
Max Richards, North Balwyn, Melbourne
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