Posts Tagged Australia

The Snowy River Game

They offer their attention now for ours later, when there will be wine and dark and the light of a foreign moon. An ancient and civilized compromise.

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Loora

The popping of bedsprings as I moved my legs over the side of my bunk, the heavy thump as I dropped down beside her. Someone would wake. Foil an espionage of flesh.

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Four Men

We agree on English, so that we will all know a few words, how to apologize. We speak slowly, pause often, move our hands, look at each other, smile.

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Cricket, Aussie-style

We met for breakfast here in King’s Cross, then she gave me a driving tour of some of the more renowned areas of the city (some more than once–one way streets can be confusing).

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