{"id":1289,"date":"2012-10-08T08:10:44","date_gmt":"2012-10-08T08:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/averral.com\/blog\/?p=1289"},"modified":"2015-06-12T06:20:57","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T06:20:57","slug":"the-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.averral.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/the-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"
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There was a safe
\nIn an old building
\nThat no one knew
\nWhat was inside<\/p>\n

It was a hundred years old
\nwith a metal turning knob
\nwith over a thousand combinations.<\/p>\n

I placed an explosive on the knob
\nand blew the safe open<\/p>\n

It was dark inside
\nI took a torchlight
\nand made my way down
\nthe steps leading down
\ndeeper and deeper
\nit went, the temperature
\nhumid and wet.<\/p>\n

I wiped the sweat on my forehead
\nAt the end, I saw a big room
\nWith diamonds on walls on all directions<\/p>\n

In the middle, was a old woman
\npolishing a pile of ugly looking black rocks.
\nShe did not notice my presence
\nand was feverishly focused on her job.<\/p>\n

I saw a pile of diamonds on the floor
\nand grabbed a bundle, before running up the steps<\/p>\n

Up and up I ran up the endless steps,
\nThere is no light, it was completely dark
\nNot knowing, when will it end.<\/p>\n

At the end, was a steel door
\nWhich was sealed shut.<\/p>\n

—–<\/p>\n

Dedicated to Philip Thiel<\/a>, who possesses a metal safe in his home.<\/p>\n

The Little Black Book (2010) is a compilation of poems written in cafes in Melbourne, Australia as part of Melbourne\u2019s Emerging Writers Festival.<\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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