NEIGHBOUR POP 4

3.  MORNING

school governess  
leaves 
her 
corner empire
for dawn tai chi

gravel u-drive 
round 
a palm tree island

the flame tree there

will catch
low afternoon sun

long shadows
on
the
parade ground



2.  FUNERAL

&
all
the
firemen came out quiet
for
her
husbands death convoy

100 years ago

like the soldiers they are



1.  LAST ACT

i watched
amazement escalating
as

her porch
took him
four years
to build

& its not special

but to her

like the soldier it is

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