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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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Wash the Gem, dry the Gem, turn the Gem over...

It feels as if the Gem is moving
Her free will journey
Inhaling Time



While we coccoon
Waiting
Wingless
Inside
~


Suds from lots of bubble pipes
Rain generously
On her screens



Thankfully
The wipers are carefully tubed
In fine sheaths of white plastic



Suds
Fanning
A foamy breeze
Bathe the Gem
In magic waves
Of milk



And then
The deep whirring roar
As rolling
Parralel
Brushes
Softly savage
Softly ravage
Her body and soul



No respectable
Newly tuned child
Is worth a new sunrise
Without
A thorough
Deep
Wash



The brushes return
And return
And return
Mowing down
All stray suds
With a friendly burst
Of clean ocean



And then
The slow glaze
Of drying heat
Like ebbing and flowing tides
Of baby comfort



For just a moment
There is
A sigh
As the brushes
Slowly fold


And the bathing heat
Hangs heavy
In humid
Sensual
Bliss



The screen tells a new story now
A crystal, two-way mirror
Believing
The air
Is clear
Etched in fresh shapes
And pulsing colours



But Time is calling



A red
Lonely light
To the side
Becomes green



Exhaling Time

Turn

The Gem


Over...
~~~~~~
Posted on "The Poetry Showcase" under AuraGem



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