My first proper conversation with Omar Sakr was an exchange over Twitter (where many a long-lasting and beautiful relationship has begun) almost four years ago. Omar, whose Twitter bio at the time read ‘Queer Arab-Australian Poet’ slid into my DMs with an urgency: ‘Who are the contemporary Arab page poets in Australia? Where are they?’

It wasn’t a difficult question. The answer was a short one: ‘You know Candy?’