An Ordinary Day
in fevered summer dry
kids shriek and laugh in the pool
cicadas’ shrill scratches the hours
traffic rumbles on the camber
grinding through corners
down to the tide
wired overhead
two sentinel kookaburras
feathers tickled by erratic wind
stay at home mums watch midday TV
a mud wasp hums at the back-door jamb
I doze, the fan whirrs
no-one spots
scrimshaw swirls
on the horizon
- Marilyn Humbert 2020
Marilyn Humbert lives in Sydney Australia.
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