Merinda Dutton



Tell Me Like You Mean It 8

When commissioning for this edition of Tell Me Like You Mean It, I gave one prompt to contributors: “Go bonkers! (If you want! So fine if not!)”

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summer loving

Summer’s gold hums on the horizon. Brothers and sisters, the oysters are in season. A promise then, we will fill our bellies tonight. We’ll be seduced in a tumble of kangaroo grass and yam daisies. Step softly into our circle. …

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Dromaius novaehollandiae

Dear Gugaamgan1 Too long – since your plumes traced the ocean in abundance Now, salted feathers fracture into splinters – a memory They named us dying and waged war on us, too Named us unworthy of their false flag Or …

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