hyde park
bugger all degrees
of separation for
cattle ticks and
the bush bred
wondering if don walker
ever ran across
great auntie evie
up at the cross
when hyde park winos
on the picnic tables
were the best
chess players
awol for a week while
on tour they found
thelonious monk there
asleep on a park bench
evie the black sheep
would’ve connected
with thelonious or don
outside the square
- Terry Wheeler 2019
Terry worked in the public service for decades and was inspired to write after seeing Michael Dransfield poems in The Australian newspaper when a teenager. Terry has been published in Australia and abroad since retiring. He lives in Brisbane when not travelling.
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