A hot and humid afternoon again <br />And disappointment for all of those who wish for rain <br />The day is still and scarce a puff of breeze <br />And a forecast high of 35 degrees. <br /> <br />By the high road the paddocks looking brown <br />Of Archies Creek beyond Wonthaggi Town <br />And the cattle in the shade of old gum stay <br />They do not graze in the hot sun of day. <br /> <br />You wave your hands before your face and eyes <br />To keep away the mozzies and the flies <br />And the marchfly a not so common sight <br />Who leave a stinging feeling when he bite. <br /> <br />A summer afternoon in February <br />It seems so warm at least too warm for me <br />I like temperatures of twenty to twenty three <br />Though many others of course see it differently. <br /> <br />The road through Archies Creek wind up and down <br />And from weeks of sun the high paddocks looking brown <br />And you wave your hands to keep the flies away <br />In Gippsland on a humid February day.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/a-february-day-in-archies-creek/
