Danielle, you are ff_well
on one leg, stop,
was in Strathfield that getting on.
You will have to help me!
I cannot lift this
and she looked at me
and then with the gusto of anxiety
lifted the bag into the tray;
the conversation of two women
mother and child, a language of
dependence and growing
a loud circus and mobile phone,
talking to “Pete” telling him
where they were,
it is raining in Bowral and we are at Bargo
now
“Having your smoko?” said to him,
and they set up camp with rectitude.
“Sheeps are running.”
And the other was
in the hallway of the carriage,
and they looked into the paddock.
Off with their shoes,
on with the sun visor,
loudness, can they hear through
a conversation,
what we all heard,
as they read their magazines,
“iPods are cheaper now”.
What is carriage decorum?
We could guess they were getting off
at Gunning, and the miles seemed long.
Mum took the baggage and daughter got ready,
needed to jump the interval,
and they sat on the Gunning platform.
Gone now, the carriage started to clap,
and smile at each other;
our achievement.
