The character (shi) or (uta) means "poem" in both Chinese and Japanese.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Running On Empty

Outgunning the sun
on our humming machine
we ride
chasing the last feeble fingers of light.

The empty landscape is full –
furry cows are beads of jet
on panels of green velvet;
coarse-weave linen
swathes fields
in folds
of brown;
shrill screeching of galahs
punctuates
the clarity of blue;
golden waves of wattle waft
and wash us
in heady scent;
stegosaurus mountain ranges studded
with spines
of silhouetted trees;
craggy cliffs carved roughly
in relief
against
the silken smoothness of the sky;
earthy tang of soil dug
and grass cut.

Flying along we unwrap
thin
slices
of
other
lives
that sustain
our secret hoard of memories
enough
to last
till…
next time…

(Cassy)

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