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Famous Reporter # 31
June, 2005
                              
                               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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