My fantasy
he said to me
I’m playing my piano
my saxophone whatever
a basement jazz club
the place is quiet
everyone wants to listen
I fold my laundry
the cows come home
(musically speaking)
the edge of knowing
why she left me
and a rocket follows
the sweet curve
of the earth
only darkness outside
and all are happy
they came here
Rob Schackne
Rob Schackne was born in New York and he lived in many countries before settling in Australia in the 1970s. He’s a retired teacher - he taught in China for 15 years - and he now lives in central Victoria. His poems have been published in many magazines both paper and electronic. His book “A Chance of Seasons”, a Pocket Poet book in the Flying Island Books series, was published in late 2017. It fits very well in the back-pocket. When he’s not writing, he likes taking photographs.
