Jackson

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

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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

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

Adelaide, 6 September 2013 On the day before an election a baby goos in a pram. His mother says ‘having a baby makes me love the human race’. I wish there was a mother I could vote for Read more

a violinist outside the Gallery playing all day long Read more