There seemed always to be a surplus of springs
  
  But now in September I stand at our door
  
  Valuing the marginal sun's balm for my bones
  
  The washing I forgot last night damp with dew 
  
  Your garden's fragrance filling my chest 
  
  The cats charming me but no e-mail from you...
  
  And in the distractions of the footy finals and 
  
  The Commonwealth Games the election bores on 
  
  The Government trying a re-run of the old tax rort -
  
  Rich Lions telling poor Lambs that they are "free"
  
  As useful scapegoats arrive by sea 
  
  Business as usual the cards stacked but wobbling...
  
  Yet the sun's coming South and soon so will you.