barricade
Not the 1871 Commune, not Paris 1968 or Belfast in 1969 ... but suburban Fitzroy in 1977
Barricade! the resident fight against the F19 freeway
Anna hides in a shoebox somewhere, prancing in a photograph through flooded streets beneath a bright Chinese umbrella. I dig out all the albums and folders looking for the actual print, to no avail - but the real image is always in my mind. Never lost or missing, I still see her clearly even though half a century has slipped past.
Alexandra Parade Fitzroy, late 70s, inner city Naarm. Melbourne they called it then.