With David and Jim
in the bush

They tell me to step carefully
These flowers are very tiny
a donkey orchid with tall ears
grandmother�s bonnet
bacon and eggs
kangaroo paw
cat�s paw
old lace
and smoke bush
common earthly names
for exquisite jewels

One tiny round of green
on green
is a trap
What living thing
can be so small
to be caught
in these jaws?

Bottle brush
and peppermint
A yellow wattle
hides a hundred bees
and a hundred scents
gather into
one perfume

The grey owl
sullen
sulks
in shadow
waiting
his turn
and moonlight

A fragile world
too delicate
yet found
here in the city
by a cemetery.