Dentist Went to see Doctor Danny about my teeth why put it off? almost been a year and a half I was meant to see him this time last year for my six monthly but I got the call to remind me and I was in Adelaide and it just was never a priority but [...]

Gas Leak Man fixing some pipes in front of the bakery there’s a scar in the sidewalk about one knee deep the smell of gas and a yellow hat He works away in a faded green jacket layers of dirt exposed the story of the earth diving through the concrete as deep as your forearm [...]

Legacy Thinking about my legacy and leaving a mark on history what is going to be left of ‘me’? The things I write? The things I think? And if nobody’s listening what’s the point in anything The purpose of life is to touch a heart the purpose of life is to love how far short [...]

May 17 sunday walk Marina A collection of Suzuki coupes down by St.Kilda marina squat little things must be a car club meeting they’re gathered around gesticulating talking about options for improvement I guess I note on the way back some of them have a badge ‘cappuccino’ maybe that’s what they are then Suzuki cappuccinos [...]

Smelling Greville Street I walk home determined to focus on smell On Chatham Street there’s a row of wheelie bins In camouflage green I smell them and the remainder of something that needs washing out it’s pure rot Along side the Coles car park I smell a sausage sizzle Somebody raising donations for some charity [...]

Breakfast – Sat May 16 Light rain this morning Just mist And the occasional big bits Full drops But I can duck for cover at any moment So I’m not too worried I sprint past a Greek grandmother Bent over double Moving along at a slow slow shuffle Even I am not going at a [...]

Wolf-Parkinson-White Thinking about the implications For the diagnosis Being one of the privileged 1 to 3 percent Dose it mean lifestyle change Behaviors No more alcohol No more ‘energy drinks’ I am a bit disturbed By the Wikipedia description That it may in some cases Result in ‘sudden cardiac arrest’

Station Feb 14 Youths getting onto a train With ripped bell bottom jeans Some corporate types Heading back to the city to catch other connections The madness of rush hour The collision of passengers on the concourse The information booth Granting customer satisfaction Shrouded in shrubbery Just dressing up plain wooden boards Are they assuaging [...]

Humid May Front door – humidity unusual for May creepers with purple flowers droop over a fence and yellow ones too Autumn leaves swirl Pushed by a tide of wind They come in a wave Into the shore of the pavement As if they’ve come From the greater ocean Hyperdrive Life I’m moving at half [...]

Train tacks click metallically before the train arrives silver sonic booms and metallic whip cracks The song of hello as a woman answers someone on the telephone an up ward inflection on the ‘oh’ sound hel-’OH’ how ‘ARE’ you ? is this just Australian? A mini van it door slamming ‘drrrrr-duum’ A Holden V8 utility [...]