Jackson

Having been in the pretend-New-York Fitzroy grid and the pretend-Europe St Kilda seaside village and the city upstairs yellow Hare Krsna foodroom and the Fuck Off architecture of Federation Square I’m lentil as anything looking for some place to be alone and to think of you what I damn well think of you So right Read more

The purple-nailed, blacksuited, mad-hatted, workbooted, vodka-drinking, rollie-sucking, McCartney-bashing, Lennon-hugging, clanging, slanging, banging, whanging, smoothfaced and making up for it poems Here’s Jack White*, with Satan still in front of him and without the marimba —Ain’t that a kick in the head? Nah, it’s a bottle of vodka Drown yourself *From The White Stripes (First published Read more

Bring me a thunderstorm at sunset Decorate my giant cranium with beautiful scary pink clouds Gather them in the west and fling them to the east— Give me a lightshow. Give me some bass. Rumble and stutter my tomtoms, distant and straight overhead so I feel it, so I fall with it. Crack open the Read more

To: webmaster@TempleFinder.com Subject: an update for the Pilgrims Guide When finally we reached the temple we found it collapsing, one brick at a time. Some walls have peeling paint; others have layers and layers of graffiti from years of pilgrims—some disappointed, some angry, some sad, and some clinging to their obsession and leaving flowers, photographs, Read more

In neon. Sodium, electrons, gates, bricks in each wall, outlet, store, supermarket, chemist, cafe, tomato taste on the tongue, tiles, bright lighting, nonslip floor, theft- resistant toilet paper, sanitary disposal unit, fluids, chemicals, network of pipes, cables, denizens, their neurons, teeth, hearts, blood silent under body jewellery, belts, shirts, temporary tattoos, symbols, signs … Save Read more

Listen. The air thin with one picked faun. His brother in the flower, pleading. The air thin. His sister on the stone, weeping. The tide in. The wind rising. Remember, sister. In the sanctuary. Roof of sunleaves, walls of stone, ivy on walls of stone. Trees. Humus on steps of stone. Bright graffiti. Flower bravely, Read more