breadth of a river     curve of
creek     the imperfect reflection
of sky     slick with algae
mangroves     under the drone 
& throb of this     freeway

arms open to     air 
that     breathes you 
tainted with     exhaust
substance of     atmosphere
alive in your     skin

a story of terror     rock
in pool     gentle     con-
centric     circles out-
reach     limbs release
as muscles     soften

hand-cradled stone
an egg     opening to gold-
en syrup     non-born
ooze     a gem     flutter 
of ribbons     birthed

next & next & next
hands write     witness
in threads     colours 
weave tellings     you make
this choice to     attend














spaces     with ease of egress     
a flex of wall     safe 
passage     through leaf-littered 
clearing     heart’s crystal 
on the point of     fine shattering 

reverberation     of singing air
the world     at rest in us
gathered bark of     selves
your flesh     a home 
wind     a breathing     alleluia

collective non-fiction of     is     
frisson of what may     emerge
rain-plummeted     guttering
its overflow     lightning jag 
viewed      through your windscreen

sun dazzle      on tarmac     
sand     pitted by droplets     
an eye listening for     beauty 
the angle     of a banksia’s limb
a city     stepping out of the sea

commissioned records     their
bud     of recommendations 
issued     retort of tailings 
released into streams     the
expectant chirrup of a     nestling