Melbourne Poems
Posted in Poetry, tagged melbourne, New Zealand, Poetry on November 5, 2007 | No Comments »
Billie suggested having the character appear sooner in Heavy blankets I think she’s right, anyway - here you go:
Fish tailing
on the desert road.
The roof of the escort van
in the gravel verge.
Crawling through
the side window
I take Shannon’s hand
and step out.
The road stretches
in either direction
to the horizon.
“Let’s not wait”
she says.
We stick out our [...]
