Poet of July, Bruce Thornell, Australia

TRAIN TRIP TO MANDURAH .

In gaggles

 of one's and two's .

Destination, anticipation 

platform strangers gather.

On centipede wheels

of clickety clack.

Carriages of stretch limo

rattle and  catch their breath .

People sit

family tree branches .

Swaying in unison 

to Nitchche  music .

Behind glass portals

boxed progress sprawls .

Conveyer belt houses

gather speed .

Pantagraph wires

Tarzan vines of transport .

Swinging between

post and gantry .

Peekaboo tunnels

cover the eyes of day .

Stations come

stations go .

Fashions and faces 

interchange .

Cockburn Central

( Real name of station .)

Naughty inner child    ( Errol )

smirks and giggles .

Mental picture

requires little interpretation .

Belt of blackened trees

scars of a battle .

Fought against 

the fury of the flame .

End of the line

a day trip to mandurah .

Bruce A. Thornell    06/07/2022    5:31    P.M.

This poem is for Steven Lister .

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SUPERMAN'S LAMENT .

Super depressed

this man of steel .

Expectations 

of help me .

So many eyes

of expectation .

So little time

for making love .

This love poem of

comic book clinches .

Lost

in translation .

 And what of Lois

That fragile flower .

Object of all 

my secret desires .

If we should make love

with urgent desire .

Would this Superhero

become a murderer .

How I loathe

these super powers .

When all I want

to be an ordinary man .

Bruce A. Thornell 19/07/2022 5 : 21 A.M.

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Untitled. ( As yet )

I tried to catch it

hold it, in my embrace .

But life

had longer legs than I .

Though once I was 

young and fit .

How fast

the years outpaced me .

Bruce A. Thornell 17/07/2022 7:45 A.M.

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FACTORY HOURS.

 Factory hours

blue collar grime .

The slow dollars

I accumulate .

Overtime

wasted hours .

The empty arms

of my daydreams .

Thinking

of your smile

Bruce A. Thornell 09/07/2022 4:56 A.M.

photo by Dessy Tsvetkova, Nessebar