Caravan Opera

Caravan Site Diva
Inside our small caravan
Somnambulant German Shepherds snore gently in the heat
Woken only by my cooling ministrations.

The quintych set around me
Gives a multiplicity of views
Of caravans and sunshine-bathed campers.

Figures, made operatic
By age and self indulgence,
Flaunt themselves unashamedly.

Discordant, Radio 2 
Provides a bland backing track
To the incessant drone of the ride-on lawn mower.

A cooling breeze
Rattles round and through caravan and awning
Providing impromptu percussion.

Birch leaf Maracas
Add another musical dimension
To the drone of the Kubota.

Caravan dogs,
Mostly Jack Russels and Westies,
Add soprano notes with echoes of Harrison Bertwistle.

Our German Shepherds, now awoken,
Enthusiastically join the canine chorus line
Adding bass and baritone.

Heroes and Divas
Play out their personal dramas
In their proscenium pergolas.

Inside our small caravan
I record the operatic drama
In poetic journalise.

© Lynne Joyce 22.05.2012