Sic transit

Air France nearly bought
Alitalia yesterday.
Last minute, walked away
(Hunky dory till they fought).
Doesn’t matter, still flying,
Green livery, down to Rome,
Then to London, nearly home…
…barely laughing, nearly crying.

4 weeks in Europe, my DNA’s home –
denatured Oz makes it fit for a poem.
Too many paintings & sculptures & crap
fall out of the sky & go splat in my lap.

Culture-free Sydney is beckoning now
Welcome to Haymarket’s Concertgebouw.