Spanish Steps at Rosie's Place Sunday Afternoon

Rose has a great music collection
art collection and books
her world is a lovely one with
rocks shells gumnut pods
far eastern fabrics with
huge fragrant candles of
sandalwood and nectar
and persian rugs
nothing random here
nothing jars
she is a real artist
she is having high tea
at Raffles this afternoon
I am here trying to grasp
all this beauty in my clenched palm
before the hot westerly forces it open
and it all goes flying up and across the bay
like the final arpeggio of the spanish steps