faster we spin
and faster
shit
look at us
grief swamps
his
lungs, drowning
gentle words
before they land
… one
worry spins
your
gut, flinging
help aside till
care flakes brittle
… two
rage boils
our
muscles, curdling
nascent smiles
while seeding hate
… three
wild glee bloats
their
hearts, spiralling
blinding peaks
torn apart from ‘we’
… four
faster we spin,
stretched –
fraying, torn
fragmented
breathing…
in
out
eyes open
we
in out
eyes open
and they
in out
eyes open
as one
our world
exhales
transformation
-
Regulator Cracked
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Stones
one in the throat
smooth and round
choking adamantine
imperviousone in the belly heavy
misshapen
sharpish corners prod
intrudingone at the feet
sinking
into sucking mireyet still
scope tickles
deep
at sparking corerolling these stones
carefullynurturing
opalescent gems
become self
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tanka 4
starless night sky calls ~
waning moon and dwindling sap
murmurs in my veins
budding change as old leaves fall
rising heart for new bloom’s form
Gurwood St Woolies, Wagga Wagga -
tanka 2
‘Old Man’s Beard’
winding through sun and shade
gaze held high
past detours kindly embraced
old wood patterning new
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(Missing?)(Lost)
the sum of me is the weight
of a thousand memoriesalter or remove just one
I become
no longer me
sometimes I fear
this might be truesometimes I hope
fine grains of
salt
dissolving in an oceandiluted
lostredesigned?
-
Song of Comfort
A change in the weather brings the scent of happy childhood memories…
Painting: Anne Seebach|’karlu karlu’ (excerpt)|acrylic on canvas
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