so, where do i want to live?
there are plenty of places
better visited
than lived in
but i feel the pull
of the west
if only
i could understand
why.
i went walking today
down the long road
my father would take
on our way home from flying gliders
out near bacchus marsh
i remember the sodium-yellow lights
hitting old factory buildings
while the car radio played
6 o’clock rock »
Perhaps as a kind of revenge on world’s behalf I spent the whole day feeling slightly out of sorts and all alone with my incredibly petty middle-class issues. Getting on the train and watching the way people look at me. Squeezing up the back of the cafe for lunch, so I don’t draw any more attention – it’s bad enough that I’m not flipping through a fashion mag or discussing my home reno with my friends, like all the other patrons. »
A crystalline moment.
things put on hold for an afternoon.
a minor, utterly minor sacrifice.
but one has to do, what one… »
friday afternoon spent in absentia
when I finally make it home
late into the night
an old friend says
it was so good to see you
again
but right now
i worry
if i’ll remember
anything
come morning. »
less
it’s the way forward
it has to be my new mantra
what can i stop doing today? »