Corrected.
Off Marrickville Road
We lived, you know.
We lived in a big house, owned by Greek greengrocers. We laughed at
that.
They gave us fruit, and vegetables, and dyed eggs at Easter.
There was a rusted rocketship outside our bedroom window,
a swimming pool in the park. One summer council built a roof over it,
charged double entry.
We climbed the fence naked at night, and weren't alone.
In summer, we slept on the grass.
I went to the shop in my dressing gown, unconcerned.
You laced your shoes with black ribbons and made me undo them.
A housemate brought home a sack of potatoes because they were cheap.
The smell of them rotting.
I learned to make coffee, eat chillies, score.
A pane of glass fell from a window and didn't break.
At 21, 22, 23 I loved you more completely.
The lino on our floor was torn. We made a special room of sheets.
Our lovers were leaves disappearing through the floorboards.
Some had soundtracks, one was an opera singer.
You seduced her on the couch, called her Dame Odalisque,
while I watched from the floor like a child.
We were children. We had smack. We lived.
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