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some trains in melbourne have poems displayed in the carriages. it always made the journey to grandma's more interesting. these are my faves...

‘companion’ by jackie hosking

in death 
she will leave the shape 
of a cat

‘colourful characters’ by paul mitchell

so, where’s bluey? oh, he’s off with snowy. 
where? 
snowy’s feelin a bit green round the gills 
so bluey’s gone over to try & give his cloud 
a bit of a silver lining. 
oh yeah. so where’s blacky? 
he got in a blue with browny. 
yeah? Is he black and blue? 
nah, whitey was there and he saw red. 
helped blackie out. 
ah good. so whitey’s comin? 
nah, he’s over at greenie’s, tickled pink cos 
they put a hundred on yellow fever and she ran red hot. 
fair dinkum? so who’s gunna paint this house, fluoro? 
just you and me rainbow, just you and me.

‘occasional furniture’ by ian mcbryde

occasional furniture - 
what are you 
the rest of the time?

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