I scream in my head Into the alone space: That empty room That has no light. That wants me In it fully yet pushes me away.
resonates
Flash
words, love, science, poetry and life.
Miss Otis
What if we say goodbye For the last time today? What if you stay Over there to decay? While I am here Dining without you ? What if I chase you And […]
Charactery
They bottleneck In my throat It aches: I float away. They break bank – And flood me: Rapid pulse The current It takes me.
Mondays
Most people view me at 1.00 pm on Monday I see me at 10.00 pm on a Sunday Full mirror No clothes
I am sorry
Life is heavy at the moment, in terms of war, discrimination, racism, Islamaphobia, terrorism, mass shootings, media representation, and in the background of what has always been there: inequality. Inequality of race, […]
To quoin and to quine, for the sake of Glame
The existential zeitgeist of 2016 occupies every Gen Y fear of the Millennials, every Gen X lament of Gen Y, and every Boomer’s rant about the technological era of the egocentric fool. To […]
Simple
“I want to be simple” I tell her emphatically She is simple But she means off the grid: As I read the economist At the Richardson.
No vibes
There should be a vibe I’m just not feeling it So if you ask me how I have only a sense Of nothing to say And no thing to describe
Running
Of late I feel I am running from, and I am over it. It is exhausting and I have blisters. I don’t even know if these metaphorical saline bubbles are on my […]
Blue Vessel of Beauty
Originally posted on Moira Neagle's Word Addiction:
She stands in a sea of green, her blue silk dress a billowing sail ? Such elegance in a field, a rural irony ?…
Got me never stop me
No Hope
Seeds of Art
It is difficult to argue the value of graffiti. For one, you have to be a bit careful not to ‘out’ the vandals, because they are wanted people. Not just by us […]
I know
The mass of you The in-jokes And sworn oaths And that you love me.
Dictates of Mournable. Prescin(d/g) Out.
Elevating, framing this visual metaphor: Of writ misogyny; The bold audacity Of disenfranchised Over-writ, over it Not social power. But real misogyny ? That happens here: In this discourse, Where you dictate […]
I mistook my life for a movie Got sucked in by the trailer And the cool sound track Not to mention the cameos A list they were.
Letter to a Pinot
Your are a comedy noir, Mocking my taste buds Leaving me wondering If I was the butt of a joke Or if you were serious.
Scapegoating
I have watched the Nost Fiasco with cautious interest, cringing at what people have to say about how angry they are. Yesterday I took a breath and finally read the Age article, […]
Don’t feed the dog
If you animated grief I reckon it would be one of those dogs on the beach in Thailand. The kind that hobble along a few meters behind you, and sleep at the […]
Queeries and Theories and Other Essays for Alice
I recall being about 24 years old and knowing everything. The clarity, that this humble little mind told me I had, was startling. Sure in some respects, I did know it all. […]
the Reinvented Poet 