A sneak peek of my piece at EWF's Literary Live Art , VU Metrowest on Thus 22nd June When I craved love, I would look to the heavens, hoping to catch a glimpse of paradise in the sky Stars twinkling like fireflies Melbourne’s overripe moon glowing an outer space gold I looked, onwards and upwards For that invisible road to Heaven’s Doors Hoping the Doors would burst open to show my destiny Little did I know that Paradise lay at Footscray’s riverbank. Grounded along the banks of the Maribyrnong, Oblivious to industry, machinery and heavy traffic Glimpsed by thousands as they sped across train tracks The sixteen metre Heavenly Queen’s gaze is serene as she looks past black swans, cormorants, swamp hens, red-rumped parrots, marbled geckos and Pobblebonk frogs. Her gaze drifts towards Footscray Road, floating past the Yarra, until her wide- open eyes contemplates the Bass Strait. Patron of seafarers, demon destroyer, rainmaker and healer. In her fingers, a small ball of light, Beacon to shore. (My guide to the animals in the Maribyrnong River Estuary via Melbourne's Living Museum of the West - http://www.livingmuseum.org.au/home/ )
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