Five Degrees

Five degrees - a bit less than you’d expect for this 

part of Queensland, but then the sun’s risen - and 

calm settles as morning’s rays soothe a cloudless 

blue; are we in f’ another hottie - true you’d guess, 

and no breeze means no light relief unless there’s 

shade to hide in; wondered why it was so quiet - a 

compulsory lie-in mandates slower starts to a day 

you don’t want to see an indice of climate change 

Yes, we could do with a bit of rain - all the creeks 

are dry and the grass has had greener days - but 

that’s outback south east life isn’t it with a stone’s 

throw to the sea where either a feast, or damned

famine, rests on El Nino farts, or La Nina’s whim, 

but we’ll manage and trim the cloth accordingly 

@ 26 May 2016, I. D. Carswell