language is       a body of water

            and cousin Sam loves it 
                                                like Christmas
every Wednesday he goes surfing

                        at Maroubra

            and all the boys gather 
                                   watch him out there

                  paddling through syntax 
                        one Friday night

            i visited him in Paddington 	
                                   dancing around

a coffee table       he sucked viciously

                                                on a grape vape 
            ACDC was playing

and he just couldn’t believe

                        how high the voltage was  		
HOW HIGHS THIS VOLTAGE SKUTTLE
                                                he kept repeating
                        and skuttle being butt yourself

            hummed low woohoo into Victorian windows 
                        the F1 makes similar news

                                                but the tire burn of days

                                   produces nothing but 
            a petroleum-based indecision
just relax Skuttle   have a vape   Sam says

                        not everyone can shit like you do 
            but it’s not about poo   Sam   more the smell
                                   really i mean its subjective 
 and philosophers have been talking about themselves for centuries
            That’s why fish fingers in the oven on Sundays Skuttle
                                   though not quite a red-hot chilli

            peppers theme song                at least 
                        a reverberation of intent  	
                                                did you mean a descent?
                        oh i don’t know

                                   but we’re surfing remember 
 and if it’s not the pokies

                                   then it’s the Big Banana

                        printed on a tea towel

                                                slipping from 
            a Coffs Harbour veranda