frayed, not chipped, could be used in the next Bond movie, Max, martinis no longer tipples of preference for aging agents.
May your streamline moderne verse continue to emanate from new park surroundings ...
bill
Where exactly, is Collected Works, a bookish destination unreached by this little black duck?
On 30/01/2013, at 9:21 PM, Max Richards <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Goodbye Ruffey, Hello Fawkner
>
> Goodbye Ruffey -
> but I'll visit you
> occasionally.
>
> These seven years
> living beside you -
> creek lake and park -
>
> have been great for me.
> Not going to 'Donny Shoppo'
> (Doncaster Shoppingtown)
>
> will be great also.
> Down in St Kilda Road
> Melbourne 3004
>
> I'll buy my fruit and vegies
> from Prahran Market's
> traditional stall-holders.
>
> The dogs and I will walk
> in Fawkner Park
> without a lake of ducks
>
> to circumnavigate,
> but cricket ovals
> tennis courts
>
> and a cafe
> on the pavilion
> veranda, sitting
>
> shaded by big umbrellas,
> planning which avenue
> to stroll under elderly
>
> Moreton Bay fig-trees
> returning at length
> to the private gate
>
> between park and Kia
> Ora, our venerable
> apartment building.
>
> Its name, I may add,
> comes from the cordial
> once known round the world -
>
> Maori for Welcome,
> it suited the factory owner,
> who built for his workers
>
> smart flats in the style
> of Streamline Moderne,
> 1937.
>
> The year I was launched!
> I too feel streamline-moderne even,
> somewhat chipped and frayed.
>
> Cared for by younger
> generations, we may
> continue to feel we're
>
> appreciated,
> even cherished,
> a wee while longer.
>
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