because it is a fine day and

someone made
the rule: no one should have to school
on their birthday

it’s my birthday
and we do
the right thing

we school
for everyone
has to work
or study when the day falls
on a Wednesday

and why should it
be any different
for a homeschooling family

for I am to teach them
responsibility

and work ethic, I am
to teach them how
hard life is and how
hard they need to

we finish before midday
and go skating all afternoon

Cudgera Creek (Hastings Point, NSW)

it is low tide
and the upside down
pelican is kissing

its own reality
graceful awkward
funk gullet

an insect-leaping mullet
wobble dreams
the scene
gone