Window supported by Xavier Herbert's " Poor Fellow My Country"
i'm a tad sad little puss alone in the outback
surrounded by tedious textas pencils crammed packed
i'm a letter opener by skill and by trade
but the postman is long time dead buried in the shade
the house is full of creaks and groans
should have been detonated reduced to stones
no limbering up trees using claws as hooks
stuck in dusty study packed with heavy big books
i will escape to the city and live in a flat
where I might meet expensive pens, interesting sophisticats
who live in tidiness minimal elegance colour restrained
with air conditioning ,foxtel and a live in maid
1. He does look a tad sad. But greener grass and all that.
ReplyDelete2. Mmm. I always considered it more a door stop.
The Oxford Companion to The High Court of Australia is a better door stop.
ReplyDeleteThat would stop the Indian-Pacific.
ReplyDeleteHa...true!These books have a great value in supporting the crumbling structure of derelict buildings. Tumbledowns is an upright testament to pithy tomes and more than 1000 tubes of gap filler!
ReplyDeleteTake me with you!
ReplyDeleteexpensive pens...and sophisticats...now there is something to look forward to ...ha....detonate the house...smiles....fun piece...i need to ask my kitten what he dreams....
ReplyDeleteWhat is that sad cat in the midst of?
ReplyDeleteHighlight markers?
Toothbrush holders?
Old cosmetic tubes?
There is no sense of scale.
A live-in maid would discard that detritus, no doubt.
But would the sad puss be any the happier for it?
Psuedo-sophisticats might amuse for a moment,
But minimal tidy elegance quickly grows boring.
Could cost you a life or two to find out.
Cheers!
JzB
Jazzbeeper get a grip!. No detritus in this artsy chick's study..No scale? Mate, this is Parthenon inspired.You must be an accountant.
ReplyDeletei rather like this study... but a live in maid would be tempting!
ReplyDeletethank you for participating in at Poetry Jam!
wishing you a very happy new year!
dani
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Thank you Dani. If you like this corner of my messy study I think you would like the rest of the house. It is over 100 years old and a great respite from city life.I wonder if it will survive the next 100 years. Most people topple these buildings over and build new ones. Shame really when you think of all the families that have lived here.Happy new Year!
ReplyDeletewouldn't that be nice a live in maid
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