Overcast

It's all cover. A thin shell. The old stone building. Neat lawn. Corrugated pavement. Circular. Overcast. Rocking seats. Roaring past. Slithering along. Rotunda and another military monument. Peering out through antennae. Labrador. Hands held. Unzipped fly. Closed circuit surveillance. Captain Cook. Rusty pole. Neat hedge. Scrolling. Podcast. Young girls seeking town. A church. Taylor Square. Scaffolding. Shiny slime trail.

Carapace. Pigeons. Kinsellas. Those days. Edging in. Pain free. The musclebound toy. Drinks. Crown Street. The bait put down. Homeless begging (nothing changes). Indulgent. Long walks home. Seeking proofs. Munching on letters, stamps. The hideous bullets. Meaning from the same despair. You can see where it's going. Medicinal cannabis. Up the fencepost. Curtain call. This invasion. Elizabeth Street. Cracked. Crunched underfoot.