Off to Newcastle

The small white and red plane sits idly on the tarmac
Propellors spinning slowly as if welcoming one onboard
Come on in
I’m as safe as houses
White kangaroo leaps on the red tail
An image of happy exuberance
Friendly faces wave and beckon to you in slow motion
Like an old Sam Pekinpah movie
Off to Newcastle
Not upon Tyne but in Aussieland
Farewelled my wife and child who I miss desperately already
Soon to return
On yet another red and white bird.


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