AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Waiting for the 9:15 ~ Prompt #46 ~ for Easy Street Prompts

(Pic from Easy Street Prompts. For more inspiring pics for writing, see the Easy Street Widget on the sidebar!)

Drama Queen
I know that’s what you think
Splayed out in party dress
High heels and all
In some old arm chair
I have obviously dragged
From some curbside
Junk dump
And here I am
Waiting for the 9:15
On a rusty old
Disused
Overgrown track
Which obviously has not seen
Any 9:15
(am or pm)
For quite some years
~
And the smoke approaching
Is quite clearly
Conveniently detoured
By an accommodating wind
From the old chimney stack
That also should be considering retirement
~
So what’s the game
You think?
~
As usual
All you see
Is what you want to see
~
As usual
You don’t see
Me
~
I am the girl
10 years ago
You were going to marry ~
The 9:15 is your train
The one you meant to catch
But somehow
It slipped your mind
~
It was the last train
On the last run
~
But you retired from our destiny
The grass between us became overgrown
And the wind blew the smoke
Of our fire
Away from your view
~
So here I am
A discordant note
In the symphony of your time
From yesterday
~
This drama
Is your drama
~

3 comments:

paisley said...

what an excellent twist... i've really got to get over there and try that site....

Geraldine said...

Wow, your writing and this photo really pack a punch! This is very dark and deep. Well done.


www.mypoeticpath.wordpress.com

WH said...

This is fantastic. Your site is vert eclectic and original. Most impressive!

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