Out of the sun

OUT OF THE SUN

Even in the ugliest place

in the darkest corner

where no one is aware 

inside the private garden

there will always be 

colour to brighten 

the path ahead.

Avie.

ORUARANGI RD.

ORUARANGI ROAD

We had nothing to rob

back in those days

the window was always

open for the cat 

the same cat that used 

to leave decapitated mice 

in front of the fire and

the possum that used to 

climb down the chimney 

to raid the fridge.

When the cat 

got run over

we moved away

shortly after

from the cottage 

the cats bones were exhumed from the garden by the digger.

The cottage isn't there anymore and the giant

 pine tree was cut down 

the same time 

as the white church

got demolished for 

the new runway.

I wonder where the cat is now and if the children's voices still come out to play 

before the rain.

Avie.

TWENTY ONE YEARS

TWENTY ONE YEARS

I'm an innocent man

I didn't do it.

Yeah right boy

that's what 

they all say

when they get

inside.

Keep your head

down 

do the hard stretch 

no one's going to believe 

the innocent plea

no one in here is

going to care that

your conscience 

is clear.

Your life is

condemned 

you are already 

forgotten 

do the time

and maybe 

down the line

science will 

cast off the 

shackles of justice

and prove 

you didn't 

do it.

Until this time boy

We're all 

jolly honest 

fellows in here.

Avie.

SPAGHETTI WESTERN

SPAGHETTI WESTERN

Let us buy more 

guns for the family

with hard hearts

teach our children 

how to shoot

 real well 

and while we think of it

let's buy a rifle

for our pet dog

because 

God damn it 

he needs protection too.

God Bless America.

Avie.

CAMELLIA

Camellia 

At a single glance 

I spotted you

from a far

glamorous in a 

pink floral dress.

A beautiful lady with

offerings of tea and oils

it was as if you

wanted to dance

in a sprinkle of winter sun

that found a way 

through the trees

and raised a cheer

that called the 

blackbird song.

Avie.

TERROR

 

A Disney world 

bag pack is left on 

the school playground in New Zealand

Inside there is a 

pencil case and a lunch box.

It is picked up by the 

caretaker and taken to 

the lost property office.

Now let us change the location and abandon the same Disney bag in a European city.

 It now becomes a suspicious package an object of extreme fear

It has the potential to 

evacuate football stadiums

bring train stations to a halt 

disrupt thousands

of people lives.

It becomes a symbol of death and destruction 

panic and confusion 

Micky Mouse becomes

 a weapon of war

a  fight against

 the western world.

 The area is 

immediately cleared 

a bomb disposal 

robot is on the scene to detonate the suspected device 

a controlled explosion is carried out and it is disabled.

Pluto and Donald Duck 

end up 

exploding all over the media and seep into the minds of the human psyche.

 TERROR!

Avie.

CONVERSATION IN WELSH WITH MY MOTHER ON THE BALCONY

CONVERSATION IN WELSH WITH MY MOTHER ON THE BALCONY.

There is always

seashells and

red geraniums

bird feeders

with nuts

full to the brim.

She would say

the daffodils are

almost in flower

and the mussel 

boat is passing

the flag is at 

half mast this morning

I wonder who's died

must remember to check the daily post.

Shoo!

that big bird away

the little birds

are starving to death

O those big birds

make such a mess

I must remember 

to brush the mat today.

At last the sun 

is coming through,

and look 

the top of

Snowdon is 

out of the clouds.

Avie.