Snapshot of Life in the Outback

an incongruous french bedroom
in an outback settlers cottage
the matriarch has stamped her imprint
on  all of us




ride back from town
a packed van
with bricks bales pickets
groceries booze
chugging along
on the empty highway (bliss)
watching out for big roos
at dusk




this yucca has survived
without any care
throughout ferociously hot summers
without a drink
worth considering as a
reincarnation request