A Stroll through Solemn Suburbia

 

Hi hello! Here is a little poem I wrote. The words below have been inspired by the many long walks through the streets of Sydney that I’ve been wasting all my time on.

 

I stray North for some time

in the direction of sun

carried forth by bare blistered soles

grazed gently

on that dry dry grey

worn early

by tiptoes of dawn

brooding gum tree

swollen trunk

arms reaching to

in yawn

listen

to their soft sunny clatter

bustled by a luke warm breeze

stretching the splay of light

broken black beneath

my feet

 
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the day drives by no notice

of speed cameras

new

up the way

no coppers command shall halt

2 3 

4 o’clock rock

dinner drops in unannounced

dusk waves goodbye

with it’s many pink fingers

herding the heavy white sheep

winking sinking

slyly

reeling in a days dark warmth

heat, hook line, sinker

still I stray

South for a while

in circles

beyond planes of you 

of me

beyond guilt of trust

of us

 
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silently

i’ll morph beneath

the tall of neatly stood street signs

taking themselves too seriously

pointing to parked in drive ways

where

leering in door ways await

devilled sausages

home brand

no thanks

silently

i’ll stumble through 

the heavy thrum 

of DV at the dog park

slipping over the sullen deluge

bought to you

by Winters whisper

most rain Sydney’s seen since

when?

gutters dribble

drain pipes snore

snails galore

devoured by solemn suburbia

willingly gobbled up

 

words by Matilda Reid

 
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