Creswick Cup

by ROGER VICKERY

A stand of Cypress Pines
trembling like chained dogs
from Mount Buninyong winds…

artesian water trickling
across grader-cut contours
Gondwana glories …

Jackson Pollock palettes…
pinks, purples, browns & golds…
a sky-blue porcelain mug

no chain or cord
free for any passer-by
to raise & drink

mineral-tangy on the tongue
sky-blue above
sky blue in the hand…

ancient water trickling down.

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