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“february traffic haiku “

 

numerous examples of

motorcar

queue enormously at peak

 

mini glances from windows then

minibus

school kids return to scrolling

 

light angular insectoid

bicycles

swarm and split fly out of sight

 

useless extras bedeck brute

utilities

aerials bullbars pipeflaps

 

life offers visions like an

ambulance

ferrying forth against death

 

do not cut in front of a

three-piece tram

hundred rhinos are not wrong

 

mobile heartbeat at the lights

crossover

disco on wheels squeals and goes

 

mountainous turns corners the

tourist bus

leaving vistas in its wake

 

armed with map locations the

campervan

knows there is no place like home

 

burning through midday extremes

fire truck

lights up the street its alarm

 

three-sixty-degree access

e-scooters

park across well-trod footpaths

 

blinkering gasolineing

limousines

careering desiring

 

modest undemonstrative

couriers

send the message emails can’t

 

shaggy the secret life of

panel vans

behind smooth exteriors

 

driving home the full import

vehicles

sporting their exotic names

 

wheels within wheels fast forward

police car

time catching up with the crime

 

lawless clueless lightless a

pizza-bike

runs the red with late orders

 

 

 

Found (February)

[For Ben Myers] [February 1979] Alexander Cruden moved us in sundry places. We found that ‘The Lord by wisdom hath found the earth.’ (Proverbs 3:19) That which was hidden from us was found. That may’ve been lost was found. The AV opened for us wisdom as an attribute of the Lord. By wisdom everything came into being. Abided, was restored. Roland Murphy found ‘the appearance of a cosmological role for Wisdom is sudden. She is now associated with the creative act of the Lord, who imitates human building.’ Thus the NRSV: ‘The Lord by wisdom founded the earth.’ [February 2019]

Justice (February)

[For Winsome Thomas] The whole people are presented with the unsacred scene. This February their attention is drawn to images the court calls true. The people discern the unsacred scene and believe, whether one detail or other is incredible. The scene confirms that which they yet believed. And lo, an unsacred scene in the very temple! Truth abides within the story. What truth? Justice cries out, though what are the people to believe? Solomon, a powerbroker from way back, might have heeded great words attributed to him. Wisdom opens, “Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth,” and more, at length.

Radiancy (February)

[For John Davis] Sunlight is our first thought. The entire scenario in radiancy. Our world lit wholly with its power. There is its surprise. Radiancy is not radiancy without surprise, like a sudden smile, or the theatre alive to words onstage. Radiancy that goes on and on is not radiancy, even if scientifically correct. A whole February of radiancy is exhausting. It can lead to heatstroke, or bushfire. Radiancy of a fire front is certain death. Escape with your life from radiancy! We do not seek moderation from radiancy, life-giving, alive. Yet value it by its unexpectedness, its passing completeness.

Fortify (February)

[For Winsome Thomas] City of coffee, fortified by coffee, a mighty hyperactive people-scape. Saved by coffee. Saved again, by coffee. The morning starter. Daily fix. Can’t get enough. Feel the lack. The act. Matter of fact, I’ve got it now. Pavements of coffee. Backrooms, coffee. Penthouses, coffee. Everybody fight about a spoonful. The coffee bean. Do yourself a favour. Fortify oneself against outrageous want. Where without it, withal? Without coffee, emptiness. Without coffee, nervous breakdown.  Without coffee, damnation. February fasters, suffer. No coffee, no hope. Ignore the naysayers. Trust your inner coffee. Indeed. Suitably fortified, what more does one need?

 

Aspidistra (February)

[For Charlie Nancarrow] (As seen in the Pergola Takeover episode of The Lego Movie 4) INSTRUCTIONS: Outline stem base pieces on emerald baseplate pattern. For main stem, build alternating curve bricks in jade and malachite overlaps, counter-clockwise. Insert 16 cantilever Edwardian ‘cast-iron’ leaves in spiral. Attach diamante water droplet studs to leaf holes. Place moss-green flower-sprout bricks on remaining baseplate. Lock fairy-lit flowers onto globe links. Collect the whole set: Peaseblossom, Cobweb, Moth, and Mustardseed. Pixilated Lego backdrops of urns, archways and birdcages EXTRA. Available till February, or while stocks last. WARNING: This product does not include David Tennant voiceovers.