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Leaving Melbourne, the highway curves slowly past estates

There’s no silence like the silence of a huge crowd

When Dad’s gait became too unsteady even for a walking-stick

Leaving Melbourne, the highway curves slowly past estates

Before the storms arrived last night, constellations danced

It took Cain a lifetime of black sweat

Over red clay that’s been turned for my Dad’s tombstone

I was reading the announcement of an element discovered

Early summer sun’s

Above trees I can see through the kitchen window

Galileo climbed to the top of the tower from where he addressed his students

We're announced by a little bell as we enter.

The thing about water lilies is, you have to trim the dead bits

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