John Kinsella

Out-of-date medical supplies -
ampoules, hypodermics -
corroding kitchenware
and engine blocks,

echidna scratching and flights
of frantic swallows,
dead ploughs - tines, and discs;
signs of marsupials

and rabbits. A blurring
that comes with time,
space contracted elegiacally:
facts distorted, geography

that won't stand up, a hakea
transformed into a sheoak
twice its size, rusted jags
of barbed wire, starbursts

of glass and pottery...
allusive trapdoor spiders
waiting silently.
A spray-boom swings

in high winds, drenching
the surrounding fields,
drift zeroing in on the reserve,
sponsored by a mining company.