Bora born
Sensing tao _
Late one night
shoppings done
spent too much
specials on.
Woolworths cairns
was the place
bench outside
not much space.
Sitting there
quietly groomed
sat this man
with no room
on the bench
beside him
things were now
looking dim.
From china
he had come
a tourist
here for fun
elderly
you could tell
waiting for
friends do tell.
Then he moved
gave me space
thank you sir
said with grace.
Now to stuff
the back pak
plastic bags
sloppy slack.
Without a word
he reached about
the back pak strings
to pull them out
to give some room
to fit inside
the shoppy bags
those specials buy.
Oh! what a feeling
such a rare thing of
an age long gone my
lost childhood brings to
a kindly act in
an unlikely place
by an old man from
china, full of grace.
- O -
© feb 2012 _ Nhawrr yirrpa
shoppings done
spent too much
specials on.
Woolworths cairns
was the place
bench outside
not much space.
Sitting there
quietly groomed
sat this man
with no room
on the bench
beside him
things were now
looking dim.
From china
he had come
a tourist
here for fun
elderly
you could tell
waiting for
friends do tell.
Then he moved
gave me space
thank you sir
said with grace.
Now to stuff
the back pak
plastic bags
sloppy slack.
Without a word
he reached about
the back pak strings
to pull them out
to give some room
to fit inside
the shoppy bags
those specials buy.
Oh! what a feeling
such a rare thing of
an age long gone my
lost childhood brings to
a kindly act in
an unlikely place
by an old man from
china, full of grace.
- O -
© feb 2012 _ Nhawrr yirrpa
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