rapid creek northern territory

while i sleep
fruit bats
scream in
palms
green ants
weave
leaf nests
geckos practice
skirmishes
full blown war
rape
something barks
as
coconuts
fall
fall
fall
through
blue
black
black
night
and
stars trail
streams
of pale light
across the sky

sand

sand
a page the snake belly writes upon
embraces my naked foot
flows blood hot
travels with the wind
binds the spinifex circle
heart beat red at dawn
sun blanched by noon
silvered red in moonlight
this sand will take me in
this sand will hold me.

regatta bistro

in the torrens
a fountain sprays
the waiter cannot explain
the ingredients of the sauce
sparrows bounce bounce
and whirr
in crumb battles
ice water tumbler
with black straw
is still life
my scarf
a pile of woven blue
my phone
connects to the absent
a perfect beer is poured
sediment does the larva lamp float
jet streams make geometry on the sky
sprouted beetroot
sprouted coriander
are heart shapes
in the salad.
last night
i dreamed in poetry
debeaked owls
paper cut out kisses
tea cup storms
lists of the blooded
my name among them
down by the torrens
a fountain sprays
the waiter cannot explain

at your house

1.

baked beans on toast

new born song

cups of tea

lovers right

lovers wrong

the dying tree

catching tears

at your house

2.

licorice tea

feta cheese

quince jelly

wild garden

grows green

festival bees

flying dog

forgive me flowers

at your house

3.

under a shedding tree

leftovers

dry dam

black rock pool

wet sand

duck tracks

brown eggs

roses bloom

at your house

damaged