I watch the insurgent crowd,
whirling around where I wait
…….beneath the ‘big clock’.

I think I am not this type or that
maybe once I was
…….or never have been.

I used to wish
to be other than I am
…….but no longer.

I am content in my red woollen coat
leaning against the wall
…….waiting for you.

Dorothy Swoope

 

Dorothy Swoope is an award winning poet whose works have been published in print and online in newspapers, anthologies and literary magazines in Australia, USA and Canada. Her memoir, Wait ‘til Your Father Gets Home!, was released in 2016. She resides on the South Coast of New South Wales.

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