Friday, 14 May 2021

Koala

 Tribe Animal No. 4 

asleep half the day

where a tree says why,

awake it asks what on earth

am I going to do next?

where is the alarm bell on my body clock?

how snug is my cosy coat?

compact as a football

and just as well

falling without warning from a great height

into a mattress of grass,

the koala

 

Philip Harvey,

 with assistance from Laila Chanzi and Bridie Harvey

Fitzroy Community School, circa 2008

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