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From: Max Richards
Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 11:10 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: 'Jet Lag after Long Trip'
Jet Lag after Long Trip
In the hotel-room dark this morning,
Melbourne’s winter solstice -
body clock still out of kilter -
I composed a sentence or two
for yet another light poem:
Anxious about her autoimmune
deficiency as she planned our big trip -
Seatac, SF, AK, Melbourne -
she bought in a box of surgical masks -
tried on one, judged it too small,
too tight, and left them behind.
On the long series of hops,
with crowded airports and planes,
we saw just one traveller masked,
an elegant young Asian woman.
It looked like a fashion accessory.
Needs a strong joke to follow through.
Dawn delays over the Dandenongs.
Morning traffic below us beams
towards town. Soon the black glass
of the building opposite will reflect
Albert Park Lake and the Bay beyond.
Melbourne, June 2016
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