And a person's got to love those hot Victorian christmases!
As Patrick said, too.... though that 'green' has a nice ironic edge...
Doug
On 2011-10-25, at 3:56 PM, Max Richards wrote:
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> Fairfield Park, Melbourne
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> Pausing at a red light near
> the riverside park - it seems that
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> if I stare hard and long enough
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> The sky shows through the puzzle -
> its slim trunk draws the eye up
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> to the topmost spread of branches.
> Every lateral branch reaches out
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> You could count them exactly.
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> They diversify at the tips
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> beyond counting, held firm
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> If I wasn't in the car, I'd
> wander over, check for cones.
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> This could be the 'false monkey-
> puzzle', Australia's bunya,
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> source of Aboriginal tucker,
> presiding with its bounty
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> over communal feasting.
> No longer. The riverside
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> restaurant advertises
> Book Christmas Functions Now.
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> The car behind me's honking.
> The light's turned green.
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