Today’s poem comes from celebrated Nunga Poet Ali Cobby Eckermann

Emptiness

The big black bird struts proud
defiantly
along my front fence garden.
‘Fark’ it screeches loud.

The whole street can hear
yet no movement
no-one walking around
no friendship
no sense of community.

A knock at the window
I look out quickly.
The branch bangs on the glass again,
the breeze blows by.
An empty beer can rattles,
rolls along the empty street.

The big black bird struts proud
defiantly
along my front fence garden.
‘Fark” it screeches loud.

I sit inside
thinking exactly the same thing.

From little bit long time 2009.