Evangelyne & other poems - Poem of the Month

First Failed Boyfriend Fearless, he drove his Austin to Patonga. Steep mountains, rock-slides, wash-aways and slush. He travelled through these treacherous hills on winter mornings, on his way to work. Ambitious, he worked in Woolworths. I fell in love with his movie-blue eyes above the beets and sprouts. He had a cute radio-voice when he announced the specials. I got to know him, his face cocked in terror when I asked him out. ‘Elliot Ness eyes,’...

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