Poetry
An Accident in the Evening (2001) - by Phil Brown
satori at seven-thirty
I had just gone out
to get some Thai food
freshly showered
talc dappled
thong-slapping my way
up the street
when I saw
the full moon:
a celestial button
caught on chiffon clouds
amazing, I thought
holy shit
look at that thing
big as the Hindenburg
I noticed other stuff too
recent rain showers
had left the bitumen
pitted with beautiful billabongs
the air was frangipani:
the trees of my street
heads of dark coral
floating in the air
even cars seemed nice
whooshing like running creeks
unreal / lovely
that's just how it was
around seven-thirty
going for Thai food
that's just how it was
by Phil Brown
