107. Taste, colour, volume – a memory that gags.

Never having seen snow,

Transfixed by Antarctic purity

Loving icy-cold weather

Late autumn school excursion to

The Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme

A delightful prospect.

The bus trip is long,

Food intake  – questionable.

Arrive.

I see a sink.

Rush, lurch, hover, retch …

Release.

Volume and bright colour palette overpowering.

Relief.

Sleep!!

Extra:

After that … my face at first just ghostly, turned a …

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