A Daughter's 21st
Cockroaches crunch under foot
On the warm tarmac roads
Of Darling Point, air chilled
To breathable in the mid-night
Round the Bays out the
Eastern Suburbs way.
Darlinghurst Road the abode
Of my darling daughter Livi
Twenty one today, the
Night-owl living image
Of a father's yesterday
He lost his way.
His family gathers there
A celebration shared
Exclusively for those
Who've taken their's
An heritage of independence
Learned and suffered.