sky moments ground-dwellers tell

By | 4 February 2025

dad nods and we stop laughing
mum’s big story verified
no clouds up the hill new moon
this is Djargurd Wurrung land
bright like a lightbulb due north
next Sunday lunch what is that
window reflection but wait
that shape’s not a fluoro tube

years later spliff with a friend
sea roar night star rushing in
my greeting backslides to fear
the coast Purroitchihoorrong
‘the spirit voice that mocks you’
star gusts away to nothing
cold drops we trickle inside

a mate’s oldies are driving
car stops no reason midnight
sheet lightning time disappears
it’s Gunditjmara Country
nothing then there they are back
car starts they speed off no words
not a story for strangers

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