Poison Kissed
“The deathly still plane trees overhanging LaTrobe Street blanketed me in shadow as I walked, my heels clipping dusty asphalt and echoing in the empty street. No wind breathed; no leaves rustled. Somewhere, fighting cats yowled. Bats flapped and circled above, their rotten fruitstink souring the dense air. Across the street, beyond twin tram tracks, concrete office buildings loomed gray and forbidding.On the corner, a snoring water fairy curled up on the lawn, wrapped up like a baby in dripping ...green wings with his thumb tucked safely in his mouth. I ducked beneath the blue Flagstaff Station sign—it also helpfully directed me to the tramstop across the street, presumably in case I had no change and wanted to bum a free ride, which, as every Melbournite knows, is what trams are for since they put those stupid ticket machines in—and hopped down the grimy stairs.A steel concertina gate greeted me, locked fast. I peered through, the hinged steel bars cool on my fingers. The last train was long gone, the next not until at least 5 A.M., and no one was around.MoreLess
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