This site contains a few pieces that use ‘swear’ words or relate to sex or other ‘adult themes’.
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We say I’m made of atoms. When we say I it means my body, brain breasts belly legs feet. When we say atom it means some neutrons and protons and a vast space with a few bits in it. To get a sense of the vastness, focus on the nucleus. Why must my awareness be Read more
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Unlike you, kid, she says, he never did anything — just kicked balls and chased rabbits At 12 I watched him, 15, tossing hay off the flatbed — tanned deltoids, torn singlet, low-slung jeans, calling to the cows I never got to touch his dull white scars or hear his baby cry His was the Read more
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Paperback book, 132 pages. “Jackson’s distinct voice captures the poignancy of loss and hope and the consolations of music, nature and colour.” “We’re not seated / on a carved chair … We’re the flensing edge / of any of a hundred / newly risen / teeth …” NZD $15 + postage. Read more
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“I want to hear the ten pm train / without wondering / in what year it will cease to run” Read more
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… the first / suspension of the world, the final life of the / people of the river, the life of the gang, the / final and the like, the final achievement of the / dead invasion, the people of the life of the / guardian, the final achievement of the / environment, the final… Read more
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In the queue in the chemist this afternoon I stood behind a man with a gun An armed guard from the ATM money truck The gun was in a holster on his right hip I wondered whether it was loaded I thought about the barrel the trigger the bullet at ease in its little room Read more
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