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Even when I am not writing
I am.
Seeing things like statues
in the park
makes me wonder
why they were put there.
A statue of perhaps local Indigenous people
a family
at the water
is a tribute to first peoples
making them ever present.
Does it mourn the massacres
or celebrate their survival?
I need to find out more.
I like to stop
to photograph tiny details
like grasses of different
textures and maybe later
I will ask my friends who
know plants well – ‘What’s this one called?
I love the wildlife so close
everywhere in Brisbane city.
Someone was thoughtful at town planning
and valued keeping small pockets
of land for lakes
and ponds especially for the birds.
The swamp hens and the ibis are so close.
Sometimes one could
almost forget the traffic surrounds
and mini sky scrapers
going up and up.
Brisbane what is your…
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