Jackson

brush with that nightskin this dayskin. tangential coatmerge. totem furs. chimpgirl. panther. chill chubby sunmemory, thinlimbed mist. faintly known. vibrational. space-hung. zone. locus. taint inspiration, carnal miasma. turning. pacing. turning. pacing. focus. flash flood of star-mangled breath just outside the scent markers of the gang boss just outside the territory of the tribe as they Read more

(Released 2010 on Francis’s label Strange Famous Records.) I don’t have a ready genre slot in which to shove this, but there’s a Bill Hicks quote in the liner notes, so I had a good listen: Hicks knew what was missing, and he would’ve loved this. Spoken to souled grooves, following its own muse; say Read more

24 May 2009 The magpie with his sleek black wings and soft white back hops onto the chair under the window, listens to me rehearsing. I look him in the eye and declaim at him. When I finish the poem he hops up onto the windowsill, a bold question. “Hey! What are you doing? You Read more

FLY FREE Beautiful Bird FLY FREE Though it hurts to watch you Though my face aches for your feathers against my jaw and my ribs ache to be pierced again by your claws FLY FREE Stretch your golden wings in the wind Hunt in the city, the country, the sea FLY FREE while you can Read more

Status: Felt it all over. Uh. I hadn’t it at the 3am party Arrive later on with no identifying Just a dark [Perth] greeting I wrote on a Status: Spare couch Status: Pack tissues Arrive later on with no Hopefully does after doesn’t because really that’s Because wouldn’t it be nice to send long writerly Read more

When all methods have been tried, all highways travelled, all sentences written, all messages sent To get a handgun from somewhere and just do it That’d be my method of choice Practise on a target first to get the feel Put on my long black coat and boots Listen to one more song, sing one Read more