The mister told me that from time to time he looks at me
and knows
that I would rather be
anywhere but here.
I think, but do not say, ‘Your job is making buildings stand
My job is thinking thoughts.’
The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
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My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March. It looks like this:
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My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March. It looks like this:
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adelaide from adelaide 
Maybe one day he could make buildings stand in a slightly more enjoyable place?
If only he could he speak French…
You could translate for him.
Wouldn’t a doctor’s wife be more thinking thoughts about what Stephanie Alexander recipe to cook next, which Margaret Preston scarf to wear next, what gallery opening to attend next and which refugees she could visit next week at a detention centre?
Rather than just profound, winsome thoughts of the heart?
(I know; I used to work with these women. I’m sure you did, too.)
If only I had gallery openings to attend, I would be attending them.
You may be idealising just a tad there, 3C. The last time I attended a gallery opening in Adelaide, I heard a 60s-ish woman behind me say ‘Oh of course I’ve only come to hear Alexander Downer speak. He’s such a brilliant man.’ And I remembered, in a flash, what the entire leafy eastern suburbs are like. All places have their downers, so to speak.
She was speaking tongue in cheek? Her voice was dripping with sarcasm?
A good reminder. Sheesh. To think there’s a universe where people think such things.
Worse still, since someone seems to be voting for the Liberal party, they act on them too.