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2005 (c) Peninsula Community Access Newspaper Inc

 

Deb designs dunes

 

Deb stamped her foot and shook her head.

"You just don't understand.

We need a theme to unify

the beach and town," she said.

"Like shopping centres, Disneyland,

a theme will make it work,

so tourists flow in tidy waves

from cafes onto sand.

"Now cabbage palms will line each street.

They're pretty, neat and trim.

They'll help us sell the village

as a paradise retreat.

"That dune's too big, it has to go;

it's higher than the road.

It spreads too far across the beach,

untidy too, you know.

"Knock off the top and trim the toe,

fill in those hollow bits.

Bulldoze the rest to make it smooth,

symmetrical and low.

"Selectively remove the scrub

that's covering the beach.

Chop down the trees and plant some flowers,

an outlook for the Club."

"For Pete's sake, build some decks and stairs

that take up lots of space,

and give his patrons somewhere nice

to eat chocolate éclairs."

"Let Anton have his tuckeroos

if that's what he desires.

We'll give him anything he wants

now he's restored our views."

(c) 26/8/06 Shirley Hotchkiss Umina