David Prater: Exes & Zeroes

28 November 2006

sing/ a song of/exes &
zeroes/ just one/ now
down a maple lane/we
walk/together/talk of
breaking up/getting back
together/forever/never
whatever /slam doors/
walking through them/
first glances/second go/
looks that kill or maim/
circumstance/rhythms/
return home/clothes/off
or on/unanswered calls/
last hopes/chance/hell/
what will we remember/
& where will we be/in
fifty beers/hello there/
what's your name/mix
with wine/hello there/
it's closing time/already/
back to mine/whatever/
see you round/the trap/
or by a traffic light/some
summer afternoon/bye/
oh hi/me again/want to
catch up/sure/name the
place/or time/hang up/
memorise that number/
forget it/next time/see
a hole before stepping/
in it/close the door/&/
sing /with me /xx /oo

 

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About David Prater


David Prater was born in Dubbo, NSW in 1972. He spent his childhood in various country towns before moving to Sydney to study Australian literature in the early 1990s. Over the past four decades, his poetry has been published in a range of Australian and international journals and anthologies. Between 2001 and 2012, he was Managing Editor of Cordite Poetry Review.

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