Salient: Victoria University of Wellington Students' Newspaper. Vol. 32, No. 9. 1969.
Lone Thing Mind Play
Lone Thing Mind Play
Here is a deserted garden
2 blackbirds live in a bush
o keep it that way
keep it simple
outside the fence wait
phalanxes of glittering chessmen
they stride about looking serious
outside the fence wait
Louis Philippe Napoleon Bonapart Nietzsche
construct them a three-cornered conversation
outside the fence wait
squads of athletes
trainers
lawnmowers
stop
time
tapemeasures
judges
watches
keepers
finders losers weepers
lone spectator
cheers from the stands he
rushes chanting down long rows
collecting stray balls javelins
bear with it
bear with it and
share it
here is a deserted garden
2 blackbirds live in a bush.
Ian Wedde.