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New Castle – New Food, by Andrew Carter

20/2/2021

4 Comments

 
FOOD
A man finds little rest in Sydney’s Inner West,
endless traffic passes fast – it’s the hectic eclectic.

Noise relentless, housing prices senseless, suits up pressed
travel a money trail by city light rail – power – electric.

He’s growing older, his pen flows bolder – he needs to be set free, from the sophisticated, superficial, latte-sipping, fake Greenies.

And the mung-bean-eating, feral hippies hugging our native trees, like churchgoers performing eye-service, to be seen.

Trendies walk by with freshly frocked puppies lit like guppies
stepping in sync with upturned nose – “Oh no, doggy’s done a pile.”

Tasteless wasters and cork-sniffin’ wine-spittin’ yuppies;
Ol’ mate smiles wryly, then barks out loud – “Doggy style.”

Distracted by the enemy, he fell short of glory land,
now Newcastle is his home, with a garden growing plenty.

Quietude, nature, and food to move a budding writer’s hand:
a writer’s place with a vege patch and space for fruit trees – serenity.
4 Comments
Sue Clayton
21/2/2021 02:07:54 am

A tree change from Sydney to Newcastle, a new lifestyle growing vegies, fruit and stories. But visit Sydney every once in a while to glean more urban word fodder.

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Andrew Carter
21/2/2021 08:36:36 am

It's good to visit The Big Smoke once in a blue moon, but I find it too fast-paced. And people seem more genuine here. But you're right about the word fodder.

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Mary Wallace
23/2/2021 06:31:54 am

I agree with both of you. The city can give you inspiration, but you need the country for restoration.

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Andrew Carter
25/2/2021 12:28:46 pm

The first thing I noticed here was the silence, at night time. No hecticity, and no traffic in the background.

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