A modern lady knows the importance of cushions, cups and clothes The hallmarks of a civilised society The epitome of comfort and class Twinings sipped with pinky raised As twittering ladies nibble their kibble While perched primly upon cushions in cafes Prattling like parrots About current events and shared acquaintances The ability to speak in […]
Read more "“The Modern Ladies Guide to Behaviour”"There is this idea in the new age movement that there is no such thing as mental health issues That love can fix everything and that everyone is equally as welcome A belief that there is always a gift that comes from mental confusion An oversimplification of the trauma model An idea that fasting will […]
Read more "“Are you out of your mind? Quick! Get the sage!”"The man at the post office asked me a good question when I went to get my passport renewed One that got me thinking It may have been a joke, when I think on it but I am a very literal lady sometimes He said “What are you running from?” I get that a lot […]
Read more "“What are you running from?”"White tourista behaving badly Concerned that she is being given higher prices than locals she doesn’t even see the link between higher prices and more food in children’s bellies That she doesn’t realise this and she selectively sees only the beseeching smiles on her hosts’ faces is an expression of how shallow the once deep […]
Read more "“Tourista: a Story of Privilege”"On a hill overlooking a crocodile flanked river lives a musical fruit tree jungle hut To get there you must travel past fields where sugar canes, banana trees and coconut palms touch the sky, competing for space with an ever hungry pig filled jungle Tree skeletons protrude brokenly from caked mud which licks at my […]
Read more "“Fruit Tree Jungle”"We start in the womb with our own hypnosis Our dance with the natural and created world Sensation and movement Light and dark Noises filtered through a bubble Then we are born and the hypnotic play takes on a whole new intensity Are we the magician? Who has the power? What is the game? I […]
Read more "“The Art of Hypnotising”"We’re stolen generation Parents stolen by work Or sinking back the bottle While we play in the dirt We always keep our mouths closed We don’t spill out the violence We never want to impose So we scream out in silence We go to church We say our prayers At night we hug our teddy […]
Read more "“Hang Your Head Up”"Fashionable people huddle Layered up like herons Musicians of varying talents Try to appeal to us With their varying gibes and costumes As we walk smartly across town Those with less skill making up for it With elaborate costumes and a cheeky fascade Those with real talent Modestly slide across the strings effortlessly Making me […]
Read more "“Melbourne Night Life”"Ruins give birth to shopfronts Castles become cafes Staircases are built going to nowhere Goat cheese, tomatoes and sour olives are popular People like stuff in filo pastry and meaty soups Goats and cows eat garbage So does the land and sea due to lack of governmental removal Sometimes rubbish is burnt More often it […]
Read more "“Albania: a Work in Progress”"Humanity is a curious creature When you observe humans the complexities of their characters come to light In a single day of living you can come to see the varying shades of human life Vast like the ocean Multilayered and shifting like sand on a beach on a windy day Humans can be beautiful and humble […]
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