Homage To The Jacaranda

It is rumoured to have been painted by John and Stu

but it’s a magical mystery as no one really knows.

It’s a mystery also how they found light to paint

or rendered the sweaty cellar walls dry enough.

But it is known for sure that the darkness 

and rivers of running water

made it invisible to us 

then.

Perhaps Arthur had inspired them there

over shared ciggies and bad coffee

or perhaps ideas were traded

and influenced him in turn

for his ‘Four Lads Who Shook The world’.

They’d all have liked that and have had a laugh

and lit a ciggie or few down all the years to come.

They were frequenting the same space and time

in that best of times and they knew it.

We all were and we know it still.

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