TURBINE | KAPOHAU

H. MARK WEBSTER

Ow

greywacke tablets on cemetery circuit
up above, eh, screaming around –
what might well be missing from this picture are swans and kōkopu
churning the waters
with Andy knocking back his flagons in the caravan park
flagon after flagon showing
an acolyte the ropes –
what might well be missing from this picture are bagpipes and ragwort
up above Vinegar Hill, eh
with nothing standing between the sheer speed of the transition and Andy’s old bones
save duck weed, a railway crossing – ow