stagnant grey Darling River / both open shops look closed - / Wilcannia in the sun -
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old man in an r m williams hat - / freshly pulled carrots for fingers -
he reminisces of the days / before pc - / when there were rules -
waitress at a chinese / greets customers with / "how ya goin' darl?" -
first star and contrails - / pink stripes fly west -
he says / "i smell pee" - / a cattle truck passes -
up headlight hairpins / down high beam runways / mirrors black
Bathurst circuit / pole position and red lined at 60 / smiling all the way
asphalt centred startled wombat - / Kangaroo Valley -
reading the menu /she waits for me to say /"I'll watch you eat" -
power lines straight /across pale plateau, /the road curvaceous -
roadside lunch / quiet / country still -
a subtle shift / and holding hands / - a sunshower -
for a school concert night /mothers dress up - /colder than last year -
half loved / and softly singing / "sleeping alone for pleasure" -
admiring the vertical length / and curves / of a handwritten f
cloudless breeze - / the sounds of blue
frillies /on the bike path /- never outerwear