The Wet Shift - Steve Coel


The Wet Shift
Steve Coel

Extract.

Time was he'd be with the other workers heading south after another all night wet shift.
But not today.
Today, he's still invisible in his toasted brickwork hat and waking up after a nights sleep on the butchers slab that rests buried in the dark silted low tide beach alongside the gravy.

Extract.

Busy checking that the hidden key and twist are still in his deadman's waistcoat he will slowly begin his own journey south of the river to his cardboard hostel room, electric sheets, liquid breakfast and another brown day full of grey moods, careless thought and burnt cake.
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The Wet Shift
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Steve Coel
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Thin Whistle at Dusk - Steve Coel


Thin Whistle at Dusk
Steve Coel

Mystery man, shadow man
is what they used to call him.
 Him, the latest three day 
thin whistle at dusk millionaire
returning from sea, 
to die like his father again
over and over.

Shallower sea back then
better cut cloth, broader smiles.
Now, after too many
rope marks and twisted bone 
life comes mixed still
with drink, sharp curses
and dark corners.

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Three Day Millionaire
Steve Coel


Steve Coel
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No Paths - Steve Coel


No Paths
Steve Coel

Here,
where young people
never return
and there
are no paths,
is the place
language goes to die,
and old people
still stop to watch
lost cars
drive pass.

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Mercy Path
Steve Coel

Steve Coel
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