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The Port

Posted on 11/06/2021 by john keast

A tug strains, its rubber nose crushed

Its stern dips

The port is waking

A chain clangs

There, the hipped roof of a warehouse, a vast repository for wool

The windows are broken; there is no wool

Giant red brick buildings face the sea – Royal Insurance declares its case

One building is six storeys: stout and ruby red

Inside, shiny with wear, are the rails on which floor stacks slid

The terns are fishing now

A metal door creaks

A man is mending nets

The water behind the tug boils:

Push, push

Sliding across a reddening horizon, a wedge of steel

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  55. peterlebaige says:
    15/06/2021 at 2:46 pm

    Love this, John, the smells, the squawks, the slap of sea and hull about it. Reminds me of the harbour at Oamaru.

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  56. john keast says:
    13/06/2021 at 6:07 am

    Thanks for reading.

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  57. Dean English says:
    12/06/2021 at 6:32 am

    water and rock, chain and wool, nuggety tug boats, insurance; visually evocative.

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