she came here out of the blue
this is my girlfriend annette said david
she smiled a lot
the next morning
she came into my bed and hugged me
then there was a dog
then its mother
then annette's mother
she came to vacuum clean the carpet
then her brother came
to borrow some money
i told him
he couldn't have it
unless he brought the trousers back
what trousers?
the twenty dollar trousers
then her little brother came
then the father pulls up in his car outside
i mentioned to rent again
haven't seen annette for 2 weeks
one dog went
the other dog stayed
visited david
he told me off about annette
Originally published in I wanted to throw your things out
on the lawn, Cornford Press, Launceston, 2000.
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