K. Lindsay Arnold
I’ve shot to the top – I’ve arrived:
I see Don Dunston everywhere!
Shopping with Lemons in Norwood
Outside the Bi-Lo I spy him there,
Strolling to the drycleaners,
Neat garments on his arm.
“There’s Donny Dunston”-
A septugenarian confirms the obvious.
“A lovely man”, says Lemons,
“Good morning Don”.
Although it was half past two
In the grey afternoon, he replied,
Cordially, smoothly,
“Hello Lemons”.
-That was merely one sighting!
Next, predictably in a gallery,
Between portraits of Mandrake and Dick Tracy,
There he was again!
-Just as you’d expect…
I said nothing at all –
After all, I came to Adelaide
In good faith
On a train
And the wood pigeons say
All I wish to say:
An endless refrain:
I’ll see you again
And again
And again
K. Lindsay Arnold
William St
Norwood
1990
