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Public holiday.(Poem)

Quadrant

| June 01, 2004 | Murray, Kevin | COPYRIGHT 2004 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
PUBLIC HOLIDAY 
 
   Woken by an absence 
   I check dawn's signature sounds. 
   The first slow bird calls are in place. 
   Monday's paper thuds upon the lawn. 
   But where's the freeway's distant hum? 
 
   Ah yes! We have a holiday. 
   Those commuters now drowse, like me, 
   inside their beds. No mail today. 
   No solemn Asian kids passing 
   on their way to school. 
 
   In my little park the gravel paths are ...
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