Like old-time washerwomen
floodwater is sousing trees and shrubs
out on the drainage. Floating wrack
dribbles seaward from their labour.

Last time rains poured day and night
in this way, the country was refilling
after years of drought.
This deluge spreads mirror over roads.

Human effort gets its pages turned
and blanked under microgroove and parchment
is how media display our towns.