Slip Sliding Away

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Slip sliding...

At 6am on market morning
there is a mist
hovering over the river

and the sun
is just beginning to slide up
from behind the Noosa Hill
and touch the river
with a pink glow

Later
as the afternoon closes
I sense it will soon be time
for the sun to begin slipping









and the more the suns slips,
the higher the shadow line
slides its way
up the face of the trees

creeping towards
the Brahminy Kite
out on a limb

spreading dark shadows
out across the river

until it has slipped away
completely
and the moon
has crept in
to take her place

Slip sliding away...

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