Graffiti at Rex Burger Bar, Cairns, Australia
A city scape.
Lovers embrace.
The setting sun.
Water.
Reflections of a distant ship on the horizon.
Windows
and doors;
rooves, roads and
glistening alley ways,
streetlights, pavements, bricks and gutters
all seeming to drain.
An abyss.
Underground taverns, sewers and stormwater rivers.
Steps.
Tunnels and trams – passengers obscured behind frosty glass.
Rain and wind, dripping
drops and lines.
Hurried footsteps.
Coats,
and umbrellas.
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Memories of Melbourne in winter.
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