A dog shaking herself? No.
The French window shudders open.
Shoes all around the house
upstairs and downstairs
too many doors.
This is where I sat
that is the radio I listened to
as the fires took hold.
Laughing like a fool
after the bushfires
the earthquake.
The legless girl at Flinders Street
stands up supported by two men
her legs akimbo like a newborn foal.