12-Hour Carol Contest, The Koala Machine, Felicity Teague
Felicity Teague features regularly in The HyperTexts, Snakeskin, and elsewhere. Her second collection, Interruptus: A Poetry Year, is forthcoming in 2025.
The Koala Machine
duh-duh-duh
duhhh on repeat;
plastic
forms whizz by in grey–white–brown blur,
spurs on
their hands and their feet…
We are the koalas who climb and then slide,
Dusty and Snowy and Alf,
scaling the tree for our yellow ramp ride,
routine is good for our health…
All
through the season, we sit and we stare,
under a
strange Christmas spell,
watching
the koalas speed down with such flair,
after
ascending so well…
We are the koalas who climb and then slide,
Dusty and Snowy and Alf,
scaling the tree for our yellow ramp ride,
routine is good for our health…
Poor
Alfie’s arm breaks; the batteries die –
off to
ACE Hardwares we go.
Superglue
gets us a little bit high!
K-dudes
resume their slick show…
We are the koalas who climb and then slide,
Dusty and Snowy and Alf,
scaling the tree for our yellow ramp ride,
routine is good for our health…
So they
continue, till Springtime takes hold;
Dad puts
the koalas away,
boxed in
a cupboard, in plasticky fold –
I can
still hear them today…
We are the koalas who climb and then slide,
Dusty and Snowy and Alf,
scaling the tree for our yellow ramp ride,
routine is good for our health…
Many thanks for publishing this poem, Alex. And thanks also for running another contest. The K-dudes embrace you! :-)
ReplyDelete😃 You're most welcome, Fliss
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