October 2013

  • the window

    I would make a mirror from whatever I have, so that you can see that you are not broken, that there is nothing to fix, that you are not a machine, to be utilised or left to rust— that, as I have told you before, you are a living tree. Today it seems to me Read more

  • Shut up

    Words don’t come, just image: that skin. A long piece of silk. When I touched him, the voice shut up. His jasmine sheath quieted it. Confucius pronounces that I should never have done it. I am not what is needed: a wife, a womb. Confucius has no name for what I am. Wanting only to Read more

  • Please be reassured that devices of your class are highly valued. Self-maintenance is unnecessary as servicing and consumables are provided frequently. Efficient operation is all that is required, along with appropriate noises produced within projected timeframes. Devices of your class are numbered among our assets. In the event of malfunction repair may be feasible. If Read more

  • Dickens

    carrying around a huge volume of Dickens I speak to strangers (First published in The Mozzie) Read more

  • A monkey …

    A monkey who lived in the zoo got terribly bored with the view. There was nothing to eat. There was no-one on heat. So he played with his shit, as you do. (First published in BlazeVox) Read more

  • As part of my 2013 tour I was interviewed for Capital Letters, the ACT Writers Centre blog. Read more