Almanac Poetry: ‘Gerona Street Blues’ – Bill Wootton

 

 

Gerona Street Blues

 

 

Keilor a nothing suburb sprung

up on either side of the road

barely justifies its bitumen.

 

12 Gerona Street, behind

the Town Hall, can only

claim proximity to airport.

 

A backyard of bounceless grass.

Adjoining ‘carport’, sounding so

Jetsons, just lacks walled basics.

 

Flicker of Uncle Rex’s rolled shirtsleeve

reaching forward to top up his 7 oz glass

from a tall tan Abbot’s Lager soldier.

 

Black and white footy replay. The Tiges

grinding into the night. How

can Keilor time be the same

 

as school essay writing time?

Cavour v Bismarck: who’s

the finer statesman?

 

 

 

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