~ In the summer, they are tiny, cotton puffs,

thin with the need to escape …

These winterdreams are heavier

and take longer to sort. ~ unexamined life continuous

digital glitch presenting as analog texture.

In Fremantle we tour the wreck

of the Batavia — preserved immersed timbers tell us

humans are heavier than water, lighter than air— ~

[This line is splendid, till silence

becomes a better listener]
~ An arrowhead of cormorants strikes the horizon. ~

There are traces of coals in the lymph ~

[Someone practising the piano in a room nearby.]

~ Potted metal seedlings mock a germination clock,

Colour spools from fruits & grains, ~

I see cows on these pleasant journeys;

and I hear birds. I lean on my stick.

~ This sentence  () the first lines of a poem

… interrupted thought ~ Cricket is a slow game. ~

[In the banana, the child asks] ~ Who is Allen Ginsberg? ~
~ Inside the rain bubble you feel no rain. ~

The earth is smoking its way to a new equilibrium.

The fish are fried, …  The Mayans

feel vanquished.  ~  before dawn

even flowers are grey

magpies monochrome flautists

pipe in the colours ~ after staring

at the sun all day we agreed~

this sentence should not be used in any poem ~

we agreed we could no longer see each other.
 
 
” ~” This is from a different poem

“[ ]” This is from me

“…” I omitted some words here

“()” The order of the phrase is flipped