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                               Robert James Berry 

                         Vertigo

 

                                            You can see two oceans up here

                                            till rain on the harbour

                                            obliterates an entire gulf

 

                                            though the south stays gigantic

                                            as when it erupted out the sea.

 

                                            After the rain there's a scribble of islands

                                            rushed off by some god

 

                                            containers plait wakes by Takaranga

 

                                            and traffic, corpuscles along Quay Street

                                            feed the city.

 

                                            A man lovesick for history

                                            can stare out and imagine these things

 

                                            follow with his finger causeways

                                            that smudge the land's edge

 

                                            then squint one eye

                                            and with the power of time

                                            demolish a city under his thumb.

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