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Training Ground - David Nolan
David Nolan Training Ground Etching aquatint 2012
The Tick of the Clock
by Wayne Douglas
Every day time has a slow purpose from when the sun rises to when the door is locked, Early mornings waking to cereal and tea, But then –training starts for an hour or more, A retreat to a hot shower eases the mind, Waiting for lunch just to kill time playing cards was on my mind to the yell it muster time; The tick of the clock continues to run right through to dinner is Done until the guy with the keys says locking time the Day is done!
The Tick of the Clock is published in: Dreaming Inside – Voices from Junee Correctional Centre, Black Wallaby Indigenous Literary Program, 2017. Reproduced with permission.
