TAUPO VIEW

the house is settled
                                in its ways
and won't change
now
      the marmalade cat
makes himself
                         comfortable
on a known lap

marmalade sky fades
over the hill
                      signalling
across the lake

one room is contained
in a red glass vase
                                  as night
between the streetlight and the
open door
                  makes itself comfortable
in another double bed

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SIGHTING

on a still day
                       deserted beach
once the clouds had removed the sun
leaving a streak
                           of silver

out to sea
                      a shadow
                      three masted
silhouette

I thought
It might be Captain Cook

and it's all going to happen again

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FUTURES

the unsecured past is
climbing the porch support
preening in its
mother's best nightdress

determined to ensure
a full return fills every
chair around the table

walls and windows have been
fallen from
                  there are soldiers
buried in the garden

cupboards cling to leftover
artefacts
                keyboards
                                    things
whose eviction demands a
conference call

my phone is a direct line

my investments drive cars
achieve
             or not
                         secure
a holding in futures

tower above me
return
            a certain dividend