Winter Solstice
| ~Karen Knight The annual Antarctic depression wrapped in a thick gauze of cloud rides pillion with the Bridgewater Jerry across the Derwent River over the tops of hills round as a nudist colony like a cold blooded fog snake it sheds its skin trails a giant smudge through the city The homeless stand between freeze and thaw. They are frost shadows holding the ice long after their sorrows have melted around them. * The Bridgewater Jerry is an infamous fog in the winter months of Tasmania which travels down the length of the Derwent River and engulfs surrounding suburbs of Hobart. ~~~~~ Next: All Over America |