it occurred to brad then that the guy had n't come around the side of the station to use the can but to take a look at redfern stream , which was pretty enough to warrant a peek ( or even a snap of the old kodak ) from a passerby , running as it did with the statler bluffs on its north side and all those willows up on top , spreading out green like a mermaid 's hair ( there was a poet in the boy , all right , a regular dylan thomas ) .