Blackbutt

Blackbutt Reserve Newcastle NSW

SCENIC SUNDAY

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BLACKBUTT

Up I go! High in the air!

Little brother can only stand and stare

As Daddy tosses me very high,

So that I nearly touch the sky.

The little birds just perch and gaze

At human beings funny ways.

'Is he tossing his baby away?' they cry

'Into a huge unfeeling sky?

He hasn't even any wings!

People do such funny things!''

But I land safely down below.

Daddy will keep me safe, I know.

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JUMPY!

(With some poetic licence!)

Modern life makes me jumpy!

My antennae always quiver

Whenever someone approaches me;

Will they say 'Stand and deliver!'?

I never used to be like this!

It's the News on the TV

That makes a real-life drama

Out of something imaginary.

I can be strolling innocently,

Or stopping for a chat,

When someone happens to jostle me

And I jump...'Hey! What was that?'

It's always accidental;

A passer-by who's stumbled.

Apologies are offered

And an acceptance mumbled.

If I stand outside a shop

With my purse clutched in my hand

And a sudden motion alerts me.....

Is it a heist that's planned?

Occasionally a move, a look

Can make me feel alert;

Is there going to be an accident?

Will somebody get hurt?

Too many police dramas

And too much late-night news

Have conspired to make me a nervous wreck.

I'd like to know your views.

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