Asher & Baeleigh Park.
“We can live here, love, safe from elements. We’ll invent another love that can’t destroy.
We’ll make exquisite reproductions of ourselves, immortal on these walls.”
— A. Poulin JR
Cassette
The table; Enters a boy of 17 years He grazes in with wide smile, parents notice Boy and Girl sense certainty for a moment Both smile, music plays - snap - captured forever
He brushes out with a recollection of future truth
She stays with sageness knowing the same
See you soon they say and into raucous play
Apart; while saluting an appointed time
The table; Enters a girl of 19 years That boy with the glow, he turns up Like popcorn everywhere she goes
He makes cassette tapes, each releasing An ancient pulse to lives being made He gives one to her, side A, side B A force together unequalled, it plays Their parents notice the sound, the magnet They release their hands outward, nodding to God
Today; they plough the ground and we can't keep up
Turn up the sound, side A, side B Quicken our ears with your promise
— written by Bernadette Black AM