X-2 Flare

Spring Racing Carnival

wet streets: bright slick reflexive

Saturday and Sunday
skitter together and scuff
past the Mai Thai Hawaii Restaurant and Bar
open 24 hrs
cnr Russell and Lonsdale

wearing a vintage
              pink fur dress
and knee high Italian boots

she slides

                     soft as calfskin
                     along the bench seats

at the back behind the bar

euphoric
elegant and visceral
                     aurora australis
                                                       again.