Trust in the Song

To trust in the song of a bird 

First tumble into stark reality

friends post photos of aborted babies

father forwards unsavoury family details

Marineworker’s Union No 1 welcomes a woman welder for 30 years she knows the language dispatch says there is no work for 14 months 

At the shipyard I am like a fish out of water

While she is cussing and swearing I put my life in her hands we drive down Commercial she tells me stories of work while welding with men

On the way home on transit and train a sea of humanity is beaten down by life on planet earth there I join in the throng