The annual Antarctic depression
wrapped in a thick gauze of cloud
rides pillion with the Bridgewater Jerry
across the Derwent River
over the tops of hills
round as a nudist colony
like a fog snake
it sheds its skin
trails a giant smudge through the city
The homeless stand between
freeze and thaw.
They are frost shadows
holding the ice
long after their sorrows
have melted around them.
From: http://walleahpress.com.au/FR35KnightRose.html
Date: 2007
By: Karen Knight (1950- )
From Troubles of The World 