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Two new poems from Michael Buckingham Gray

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By ozchildrenspoetry August 28, 2023

black puddle

blower vac

by the bowser
at the petrol station
slick on the surface –
all the water
in the world
unable to wash
it out

droning
driving
black dirt
out onto the road
in front of a white
truck
carrying a load

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Categories: Australian children's poetry Tags: blower vacuum, free verse, Michael Buckingham Gray, petrol

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