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Troy Wong

Troy Wong is a Singaporean-Australian poet and teacher writing on Gadigal land. He is an Australian Poetry Slam National Finalist and the host of Bread & Butter Poetry Slam. His work has been published in the Cordite Poetry Review, the Australian Poetry Journal, and Solid Air, an anthology of spoken word from Australia and New Zealand. Troy is also one half of the absurdist poetry duo Father Stretch My Dad, so don’t let him anywhere near your dad.

Three Durians

i. Singapore, early monsoon season. Your uncle comes home from the market with three durians in a plastic net, helpless and threatening as string-bound mudcrabs. He sets them out on a chopping block and splits them with a meat cleaver. …

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Notes from Fortune Cookies

Someone you know deserves the truth. A sharp tongue may be both a weapon and a tool. Wisdom is the lamp, good thoughts the oil, sweet words the flame spices the spoils of the British Empire, but still salt is …

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This Pigeon is a Big Man

My therapist wants to know if i was breastfed I have a short attention span and get bored easily My Mum yells abuse at me as i’m leaving for work One morning i move out and live in Granville I …

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