SUE WATSON

daylight watch

will the Gymea lily
on its green sky-scraper stem
bloom its gargantuan bloom
will speckled wattle birds
alight on its crown    balance
as it sways on their landing
gobble its insects    drink its juice
will it fill the window
two stories above the ground
rock in the southerly
open its mighty bud
in a colossal jigsaw of flowers
will those vermillion
puce-crimson dreadlocks
eclipse cabbage palm    banana
occupy the golden mean