what is this black pool
where leaves eddy in wind
could it be waste-water
a sort of settling-pond?

behind it sheets flip-flap
drying in strong gusts
line strung between ironbarks
washing catches dust

beside it plastic hot-house
and green shade-cloth shelter
water-surface fragments
gale-blown helter-skelter

sugar-ant on arm
may be sitting on their path
flick it off gently as
watch small bird take bath

willy-wagtail twitters
on branch, keeps balance
look up but it’s gone
as would any free-lance