The chairman’s pen poised
over the merger contract
ice melts in our drinks.

peeling an orange
the tears his jealousy
sprays

School boys pass
the dog’s bark pops
his eye balls out.

Dusk quickens
magpies quietening
into shadows.

The flame trees drip
and hour by hour
the street fog glows with headlights.

Jogging.
last tree
still sunset red,
the birding cats,the swing
the child kicks high,the kite
above the park,the smell of meals
comes night

Old snake skin
in last year’s rings
along the track.

living elderly–
the fragrant moments
of winter rains

chicken coop
the fox’s eye split
between leaves

Red flowering Gum
how the cicada has quietened
in the boy’s dirty hand.

camping
each speck of a Galaxy
replaced by another

Beach umbrella
rainbow ice-cream
down the little girl’s hand.