大象传媒

Under One Roof

Ooshaa
Granddad lowers into seat
pneumatic knees
cardiganed machine
Pops the pickled onion jar
Hums Ski Sunday theme

Crackle of the pudding oil
dripping bowl uncovered
scrape of knife across back step
dog whining at the cupboard

Uncle Lenny snores like Dilla drums
the Vidiprinter score
rattle of the dice cup
Snakes & Ladders on the floor

Frraaap of
riffle shuffle card deck Dylan does his magic
Nana gasps
鈥楾en of hearts!
How鈥檇 you know I had it?鈥�

Cho
Aunty Coral kisses teeth
surveys the front room vexed
upstairs thumbs pound joy pad buttons
Lui Kang kick connects

Steven on his hands and knees
finger tips on tape deck trigger
record and play click, step away
his grin could not be bigger

Cousin David through toilet door
rehearsing chat up lines
little Aaron clicks his torch to read
duvet TeePee shines

Marsha鈥檚 fawning down the phone
hissing iron in hand
鈥淛ust a second, Do you mind?鈥�
chord gets pulled and door is slammed

Waaapeeew
Uncle Michael shot gun sneeze
bath time reverb loud
baby Jacob laughs so hard he farts a
talcum powder cloud

Casablanca final scene
reflected in their eyes
Rick and Louis walk away
Mom shakes her head
Dad cries

Back door
thumb flick of a zipper flint
soft crackle of Rizla burn
golden glowing light
as microwave lasagne turns

Radiator whale calls
the droning hum of sleep
curfew breaking sneaking steps
trip wire floor boards creak

The life of it
the carnival
the chaos understood
I close my eyes and
listen to the music
in my blood.

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