gertrude & smith (2008)

for Chet & for Simon

beautiful decay
afternoon, crusty____red
wine hangover not
a poet today what
mode are we in over
the road the bar where
a dead friend used to dj
‘back in the day’____where’d
the day go____?
bright artcovered laneways
aid breathing____should
get out here regularly
sit, eat on the street to
still your beating mind where
signs say enquire within____& yeah, maybe
you should _________begin


Below: corner of Gertrude & Smith streets; photo by acb.