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Leaving Melbourne, the highway curves slowly past estates

There’s no silence like the silence of a huge crowd

Leaving Melbourne, the highway curves slowly past estates

It took Cain a lifetime of black sweat

When we found our way back to what used to be our home

Before the storms arrived last night, constellations danced

Above trees I can see through the kitchen window

blue- and gold-fringed morning cloud sees her off

Galileo climbed to the top of the tower from where he addressed his students

The dreamtower lifts itself towards a night sky

How discreetly birds must die elsewhere!

Over familiar suburbs, the mountain’s blue silhouette

An announcement that buses have replaced trains for the evening rush hour

In her wide-open sanctuary

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