i.
the office & library

cooling system hum

outside the weather  
feet on pedal or dash

we refuel loyal listeners

tolerating radio’s sight gags

took the bridge coming in  
ii.
       so that here –

Port Botany sky

curators race for cover 
our late 80s archive

an amateurish mix of creams and whites –

       is the view you paid for (sixteen replays

                               are inconclusive)
iii.
this morning by the stairs a famous face what’shisname 
give way to the

portrait of an unknown 
      a red flag sirens

the beach is open

even when it’s closed

                   scene to breathe life into 
iv.
        : almost on cue
a breeze reports

first in the crumbly architecture

                         stippling windward     
tracking the flown inflatable

                                       as far as
                                               White Cliffs
v. 
when the kids get tired

the big kids get wired

when the kids get wired…
he has a boat out front

the adulation of the gulls

french for welcomes/

                  farewells 
vi.
short of a stop
time/location met

peremptory bus doors
with these wheels

perambulate sandhills
retired elevator

card in the lock 
vii.
timed cued to cross
& short flight home

to spurred ledges
not sure where

walking ends &

traipsing begins 
i folly the signs