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The Spike [or Victoria University College Review 1954]

Epitaph: Pioneers

Epitaph: Pioneers

Embraced and walling out life's pain
they peer out on the dripping glade,
unheeding the whispering rain
believing their vision cannot fade.

But over the years the creeper grows more dense
And the long grass slushes the track
The crawling moss reaches the fence
And they wonder now if they can turn back.

Slowly the sepia prints peel
And the trees move closer to the wall.
Then both of them begin to feel
that quiet shadow in the hall.

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They moved soon after to the green plot.
The sun struck through to the overgrown hut
catching the vines lighting in a knot
and the door wired shut.