Jackson

Dana lies on the leather sofa. Louis sits on the woollen rug. In their mahogany frames his painted birds twitter above the aquarium. In its black metal border her Rothko print broods beside the airconditioner. They flick on the television and watch a movie about Jim Morrison. Louis’s eyes drift shut. Jim, played by an Read more

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