Steyne Hotel - Manly
By Tim Heffernan
Published 1 January 2021
It is winter, yet
ice cream coned people
stroll along the promenade.
Out to sea
seal skinned surfers
rise then disappear.
On the sea wall
some sit and stare,
unmoved.
The scratched glass
of this bay window
hides an observer
watching
unseasonal people
still in summertime.