dates, trees,
shopping
1
i am writing this in
1999. not wanting
the focus to shift.
just yesterday we
cut down that
willow without
the help
of an asplundh
so the shredding
was left undone.
a stihl only.
also a knee
was nearly
taken off.
2
after 5 i shopped
at foodtown annette
has been packing
for 21 years patsy
26.
the aisles have things
balsamic, lupi or nappies
most times i need
2 trundlers.
i’ve gone up
to $420 wheeling
out the lot to the
boot with a boy
packer.
2 kilos of french cutlets
so the bones are neat
defining me the
shopper for the girls.
law will not let
me buy wine
on sunday.
3
tonight i have a jacket
given me:
Steinlager, One, Telecom NZ,
Lotto, Toyota which
can spell a toy yacht
backwards on oneside.
team New Zealand.
America’s Cup 2000 the other.
Line 7 on the sleeve
& zip.
sure it’s warm i just
say i work in lotto.
4
when we did
the fence last
year a neighbour
very tall
said we needed permission
to touch the roots
of our pohutukawa.
i said fuck you next
year i might take it
rightout.
our willow is
de-winged
round the back
a stumpgrinder should
do the damage.
what sort of tree
is this jerry asks
i say a tortured willow
the two ropes
from the girls’
swing in bits.
that’s 23 trees
gone off this
section before 2000.
©
2000

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