Possums On the Run - Part 3

"Possums on the Run - Part 3" Collecting cut silver blue grass carries garbage bags green-ant bites, no siree, this aint fun. Stand guard, he’s the lawn mower Pope (she laughs) on his ever vigilant run. Look on him with sadness Look on him with Love “one less mouth to feed”, she thinks, “best to run run run”. What could have been lies under Palm, Pinaroo buried under rain and Sun never coming home… He’s a roll your own man sits on the back step watching the setting sun dark indigo shooting star sparkles gecko changing colour on the wall Fruit Bat squeals hissing Bush Rat runs. He’s thinking, “make the lawn safer ruddy trapdoor spiders, poor piping hot water down the holes cover with dirt. That’ll kill 'em, stop the effers before they bite ‘n hurt.” Takes a sip of hot black Tea gets up to iron the school shirts. Sunday becomes Monday becomes Tuesday bleeds into remaining days like Autumn leaves into Winter trees bare barren branches of each week, this is his life these days his ever dwindling seeds of memories. What purpose day in day out he is screaming on the inside no where to voice it, no one to share his Black Dog bouts. “Make sure the table’s set for breakfast and all the doors are locked girl, before you turn the lights out”. And you think, “Is this all there is?” You look through the windows outside into the dark along the fence possums are running, You think, “Run Possums Run”. Lynette, Linnet a small bird, goddess, idol ever golden burning Pheonix on your shoulders sings her fading song “lovely child please, never ever forget” (Lovejoy-Burton/2018 Jan) All 4 parts of "Possums on the Run" dedicated to an honourable man, an extremely courageous man, who served in both Royal Australian Army (first regiment into Vietnam) and Royal Australian Airforce, who lost his wife to cancer (32 yrs) and raised three girls on his own. This man was all about speaking his "TRUTH" and standing firm by what he believed in, my father V.C. (Peter) Burton. 1. T-Rex/Cosmic Dancer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5pw8BNPn6U