I like all of these, Brian; every bit. The ending of *RED CLIFF ROOS" works
especially beautifully, a gentle, soft close of recall.
Best,
Judy in wet cool summer England - the land of immense, stunning,
soul-kicking skies
2009/8/5 Brian Hawkins <[log in to unmask]>
> HOLIDAY BEACH HOUSE
>
> Someone famous owns that house
> Watch when the neighbours put their bins out
> Ian Turpie
>
>
>
> RED CLIFF ROOS
>
> Kangaroo people, bright
> eyed in final sun,
> turn and stare at the Pacific.
>
> Flower-handed people, leaf-like
> ears alert, joeys scumbling
> back into pouches,
> roadside mortality putrefaction.
>
> Flower-like bodies dreaming
> out of the sun,
> footsoles long and leathery, grey
> pelts as soft as dusk.
>
>
> * * *
>
> (Ian Turpie is an Australian television personality, celebrated for his
> cheesy charm and superb moustache, whose career reached a spectacular climax
> in (I think) the 1980s as host of (I think) The New Price is Right, though
> he continues to make guest appearances as a panellist to this day.)
>
> * * *
>
> Coming to you from Brooms Head, population 56 -
> 56 million in summer
> (but it's winter!)
>
> Brian
>
>
>
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