careful triangles of bread
ham and cheese, maybe pickle
if you're lucky mayo and egg
a beer before the yardarm's hit
the twelve o'clock mark
'Well, it was an early start'
sausage and sauce for the kids
plenty of small talk
'How's work been lately,
you busy mate?'
Dougie telling tale of Vietnam
how he caught some flak
couldn't be further away from Khe Sanh
and thank-God-for-that
cordial, a cup of tea
bikkies meticulously arranged
tied to the fencepost
dogs straining on leashes
salivating occasional tidbits
faux grass
and a smatter of children
heads bobbing
a field full of poppies
and a cockatoo white
in the sky as a dove
every year
adds a couple more kids
abseiling the cannon
every year, a couple less diggers
And we couldn't be further
from Tobruk or Flanders
and thank-bloody-God-for-that
Kathryn Ross April 25th, 2016
Copyright Kathryn Ross 2016
ham and cheese, maybe pickle
if you're lucky mayo and egg
a beer before the yardarm's hit
the twelve o'clock mark
'Well, it was an early start'
sausage and sauce for the kids
plenty of small talk
'How's work been lately,
you busy mate?'
Dougie telling tale of Vietnam
how he caught some flak
couldn't be further away from Khe Sanh
and thank-God-for-that
cordial, a cup of tea
bikkies meticulously arranged
tied to the fencepost
dogs straining on leashes
salivating occasional tidbits
faux grass
and a smatter of children
heads bobbing
a field full of poppies
and a cockatoo white
in the sky as a dove
every year
adds a couple more kids
abseiling the cannon
every year, a couple less diggers
And we couldn't be further
from Tobruk or Flanders
and thank-bloody-God-for-that
Kathryn Ross April 25th, 2016
Copyright Kathryn Ross 2016