A little hard on Melbourne, Max, but it sounds like you lucked into a great one in Seattle…
Ocean view there always a changing beaut…
Doug
On Sep 24, 2014, at 10:10 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Seattle Bulletin 3: moving in
>
>
> Up in the lift to level four,
> trundle the bags in the door,
>
> draw breath: the view
> will take some getting used to -
>
> Union Lake, small yachts tacking
> in the breeze, speedboats making
>
> wakes slowly healing, seaplanes
> churning along their lanes
>
> and up up circling round.
> Here at apartment 403
>
> unpacking
> keeps us on dry ground.
>
> Meanwhile back in Melbourne
> our flat's tenant's moving in,
>
> stocking pantry, spreading
> books, belongings, bedding;
>
> peering out the windows
> at far less pleasing views.
>
Douglas Barbour
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