I. Like curved eggs, they stoop & I have seen this before at the end of a film, the immigrant family varnishes the door of their American Dream. The Deck Staining DIY Kit™ includes paint & brush & plastic tray but they begin by kneeling & saying amen with the split ends of ngaa coi   II. when I caught lice in Arthur’s Pass my mother scrubbed my hair on hands & knees, crushed each swollen body until I dreamt of shelling peanuts. Now, she is waterblasting the deck’s splintered face. Cleaning is a matter of violent transfiguration.   III. […]

In it scales sparkle. Lilacs contour an octopus. Clarinet’s call rankles as I – in tunic top, lilac nails – snorkel arcs. Sea silk, arcane – I sculpt, caress it all. Noon star casts luck on “N”, porcelain lilies, a pearl laurel sticks to snails. Canonic, sacral icon: sea cloak, lint lustre, spin as cantaloupe roll, cans clink. It rises atop sea, as crocus – lilac? – krill nest in “N”, Noctiluca, peonies snarl, stark lilacs.   Nandini is a writer and poet working on Wurundjeri and Boon Wurrung country. She is interested in writing as political thinking as well […]

I saw an old friend today and then the moon Halved like everything I’ve ever missed.   I saw one side of the moon today, and then Had to use my imagination,   The dark side of my own body marketing The Pink Floyd side of yours.   I look At you, and I would rather look at you   Than all the moon-portraits in the world, Except possibly for the one where something   Crashes horrible and ancient Into the side of the fiery new-born world,   Occasionally. And anyway it’s in the Frick!   So we can burn […]

xmas lights trapeze across campsites. all-day
bbq smell makes me reconsider my vego status.
no-one tells you swimming is more fun
in the wading pool. has Mum ever existed
without a cigarette in her hand. smoke

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