The facts are these
blue and red strobe riverside
and in Sandgate blocking a sidestreet
So we drive home
from what Jo called
wet wild and willy world
having picked up
after a short wait
beef-fat fried cod and chips
each put in a cardboard box
a paperbag sealed with sellotape
and we spot
before pulling in to the carport
one of the dogs we’d left locked up
running loose on the roadside
pull in and jump out
expect the laundry window broken
no
a single pane
from the glass louvres
has been carefully placed in the
stainless tub and the
backdoor’s unlocked.
The dog’s escaped
through the short gap between
two panes
but stranger is the power’s off
checking the box four circuit breakers
blown
and not the main breaker
and although the smaller dog has got out
a kelpie cross
the larger mastiff-boxer still contained
in the back yard has not deterred
any would-be burglar
from breaching his territory
to switch off the circuits
to leave without taking
a single item in the house
not our passports
not the mac pro lying open
on the chest in the front room
not the birthday presents unwrapped
on the kitchen table.
A storm is forecast
but it never arrives
south of Brisbane the sky flashes
and we take every precaution
putting the car under cover
for protection from fist-sized hail stones
that never come.
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