Her e-mail ends: Thinking of you all,
with much love, Sophie
(or as I'm being called in Chicago: Sophia
I love the way Americans say it,
Australians say S'fear and I hate it).
Dear S'fear! Max here, and look
what Iıve just written for you:
Sophie's laugh rang out in the bakery cafe
in Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn.
But Sophie's in Chicago!
We survey the faces nearby.
Easy to place the face
the handsome smiling woman looking intently
into the eyes of her older woman friend
some vibrant exchange
about the sharing of lives.
Sıfear's laugh rings out again
in Hawthorn, Melbourne.
Also, we trust, Sophiaıs in Chicago...
we're listening intently; give us a tinkle.
- Max Richards, Melbourne
6.30 a.m Wednesday 8 October 2003
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