Wednesday, 27 February 2019

Freed Such Poverty


We’re getting there again - almost November and our 
Jacarandas are beginning to bloom; there’s already a 
swoon of lilac tinge under the first tree, she’s an early 
denizen - while th’ rest winge, hum and haw a bit but 
evidence suggests they’ll attune to Guy Fawkes Day 

It is a sign blessing th’ Seasonal Sway; we’ve moved 
from jeopardy onto the highway to where we’ll cruise 
comfortably ’til Christmas - bathing in the Lilac tones 
under our trees, debating how we can live without th’ 
pleasure of being groomed in such comely opulence 

How could one forget th’ carpet of purple shades we 
need to remember those good old days, and without 
which we’d grieve forever for events in a past tense - 
there’s the promise again, as rich in sumptuousness  
as the guarantees we’re freed forever such poverty 

© 30 October 2018, I. D. Carswell 

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