Poets of Australia

 

Michael Farrell

cabbage damage

all accurate you sit down to watch the
not our problem mate there were no
do we see holes that arent or does

or otherwise anyone later on that is
have accidents the red plant glows with
upon us the smoke we take for
girls at work let us dream of
in abeyance & the phone feels perhaps
he has fascinatingly orange leghair jamiroquai makes
know id tear anything to feel less
instead of writing that poem a bit
it theres a bounty placed on these
dont know maybe its a fat pea
armless thing second half of an opening

for a bunch of teenagers to start a
has alzheimers anothers child has a bladder syndrome
red numerals are exactly demonic your bunny lips
in thailand young women distract men from their
ending instead of beginning valentines day every day
the proof was no good ill kick the
make an espresso why cant they teach anything
but it feels like it when youre feeling
what about dandruff not our problem mate theres
there do we see holes that arent or
of scalding or otherwise anyone later on that

from it themselves
with the world
character which withstands
money changing hands
& have a
a job washing
you know id
the use of

to benefit do you think
off the armless thing second
garage or hanging out there
getting exciting again & modellings
pen down the voice says
demonic your bunny lips &

women distract men from
beginning valentines day every
a friend he said
they teach anything worthwhile
pushing it probably never
wind is that at
dandruff not our problem
are there holes there
very asking make holes
that is & why
seed let others have

moths to sit on holes
dont show us money changing
work let us dream of
phone feels perhaps neglected another
orange leghair jamiroquai makes a
id tear anything to feel
bit longer than usual with
a bounty placed on these

know maybe its
could carry off
garage or hanging
start a band
alzheimers anothers child
says a demon
valentines day every
was no good
couldnt pour a
or when to
wind is that

soccer & suddenly watermelon everywhere & what
james schuyler but everyone has fleas the
that arent or does our very asking
of the trauma of scalding or otherwise
& abstain from it themselves go to

chairs for the moths to sit on
or what they do to girls at
heroism despite the masculine word our friendly

quick appearance to prove things have moved on since
recycled nights what is the use of not shooting
resistance like theres the wrong amount of gelatin in
do you think new yorks a cabbage dont know
thing second half of an opening sentence the poet
to start a band now bands are getting exciting
bladder syndrome lay your pen down the voice says
are exactly demonic your bunny lips & silent hair
the seats in thailand young women distract men from
every day so many rocks remind me he proved
place in bring a friend he said he was

an espresso why cant they teach anything worthwhile like pickup
probably never but it feels like it when youre feeling
you sit down to watch the soccer & suddenly watermelon
there holes there do we see holes that arent or
think of the trauma of scalding or otherwise anyone later
& abstain from it themselves go to seed let others

chairs for the moths to sit on holes
or what they do to girls at work
the masculine word our friendly feelings are in
job washing carrots for the formula one he
jones they have you know id tear anything
the use of not shooting yourself instead of
in it theres a bounty placed on these
new yorks a cabbage dont know maybe its
just she could carry off the armless thing
hanging out there waiting for a bunch of
calls someones husband has alzheimers anothers child has

voice says a demon doubtless angels arent such clockwatchers the red
silent hair shouldnt this be an elegy might as well pour
were summers ending instead of beginning valentines day every day so
he was but the proof was no good ill kick the
cant they teach anything worthwhile like pickup lines or when to
feeling down blue green blowing in the wind is that at
what about dandruff not our problem mate theres there were no
holes there do we see holes that arent or does our
of the trauma of scalding or otherwise anyone later on that
themselves go to seed let others have accidents the red plant
the smoke we take for fog dont show us money changing
of generosity & have a glimpse of heroism despite the masculine
neglected another spy out of a job washing carrots for the
have moved on since tom jones they have you know id
what is the use of not shooting yourself instead of writing
theres the wrong amount of gelatin in it theres a bounty
a cabbage dont know maybe its a fat pea its not
could carry off the armless thing second half of an opening
to start a band now bands are getting exciting again &
anothers child has a bladder syndrome lay your pen down
demonic your bunny lips & silent hair shouldnt this be an
the seats in thailand young women distract men from their job

day every day so
said he was only
pushing it probably never
wind is that at
what about dandruff not
fleas the question is
does our very asking
scalding or otherwise anyone
to seed let others
chairs for the moths

almost upon us the smoke
work let us dream of
are in abeyance & the
jamiroquai makes a quick appearance
old envelope recycled days recycled
than usual with different resistance
on these fluttering evils &
that kate winslets a living
second half of an opening
garage or hanging out there

& modellings for drongoes work calls someones husband has alzheimers anothers child
has
demon doubtless angels arent such clockwatchers the red numerals are exactly demonic
your
petrol on the seats in thailand young women distract men from their job
ending instead of beginning valentines day every day so many rocks remind me
good ill kick the place in bring a friend he said he was

cant they teach anything worthwhile like
feeling down blue green blowing in
soccer & suddenly watermelon everywhere &
schuyler but everyone has fleas the
holes & does anyone stop to
the world it brings & chairs
which withstand flame march is almost
us money changing hands or what
for the formula one he has

to feel less
resistance like theres
you think new
that kate winslets
thing second half
hanging out there

flies on james schuyler but everyone has fleas the question is are there holes there do we
see holes
they have a gender crisis & abstain from it themselves go to see let others have accidents
the red
mean character which withstands flame march is almost upon us the smoke we take for fog
dont show us
like an old envelope recycled days recycled nights what is the use of not shooting yourself instead of writing
sam & co mean to benefit do you think new yorks a cabbage dont know maybe its a fat
venus de milo its just she could carry off the armless thing second half of an opening
sentence the
like a stag fern the novelist a hopeless garage or hanging out there waiting for a bunch of teenagers
of extinguishing fish wouldnt it be great if it were summers ending instead of beginning valentines day every day
who he was but the proof was no good ill kick the place in bring a friend he was
eighteen & couldnt pour a beer or make an espresso why cant they teach anything
worthwhile like pickup lines
know when its worth pushing it probably never but it feels like it when youre feeling
                                                                                                                                     down
blue green

dramaque

launceston he worries loudly at the sink everyone overreacts it doesn’t
youll get teeth work the basketballers steal anything glamourous wwi has
makeup no wonder they were sneezing tasma kept at the snow
& what he despised in happy conformity fuels his onanistic
direct result of the furnishings at their mixed styles homes the

now & spies by moonlight she subscribes to bait magazine studies diagrams of human
dissection
crease in some cricket matches what kernels of pressure absorption in sovereign selfimage
you fling
eventually accepting the decision of force kneeling in the dark torchlight on the gravel
redyeing

the belt baffling the avenger or spotted death takes on
make them literary but resemble & the originalll change look
the basketballers steal anything glamourous wwi has been recast as
on green makeup no wonder they were sneezing tasma kept
secret ingredient a cherry that tripled as a nose or
fuels his onanistic nights it was one of those now
furnishings at their mixed styles home the tension builds you
to bait magazine studies diagrams of human dissection & deceit
we go rigid like very old butter thats why the

onto the road
on the gravel
little whiskey under
overreacts it doesnt
work the basketballers
there smoking unfiltered

secret ingredient a
what he despised
ugly way as
tension builds you
studies diagrams of
thats why the
accepting the decision
everyones used to

avenger or spotted death takes on
at the sink everyone overreacts it
& youll get teeth work the
useless object they were down there
they were sneezing tasma kept at
boil thatll fool the milligan kids
result of the furnishings at their
directing her own now &
this is our pressure the
booklined walls we go rigid
ladys the crease in some
your pearls onto the road
turn the lights down low
your hair black everyones used
this submission & some would
volunteer with a little whiskey
classical proportions & stuffs them
into a tshirt is that
short for launceston he worries
like poe & youll get
a crime novel or other
cigarettes & putting on green
till it gave up its
or boil thatll fool the
& fletcher behaved in that
a direct result of the
cant sleep there julies directing

the guys on the roof

or might looking
chess in my
robbery the language
its just because

gruel yet thats the way the quintet
& the smoothness can such a miracle
resolved the closer death the show on
attitudes & aspirations we were creating culture
the bicycle in the music room where
caterwauler & pay a visit cant hear
on the floor the sky at all
or another empty character its cruel &
each others relationships anyone could be there

in the snip & the smoothness can such a miracle be recalled revisited
wow us with authentically venal attitudes & aspirations we were creating culture after
over by the spotters of it does it matter if the camera stays
revered sometimes with the windows closed is it possible theyll be in tune
friends with doves playing chess in my bed but the dream gets out
tiles on the floor the sky at all levels a life unlived who
precise or youll talk to yogi bear or another empty character its cruel
a broken armed barber who grimaces at your jokes poetry is in the
in staying asleep the more the crises are resolved the closer death the
authentically venal attitudes & aspirations we were creating culture after all even though
run over by the spotters of it does it matter if the camera

the idea of music is upheld & revered
visit cant hear the river they sting or
with doves playing chess in my bed but
boots defies space the tiles on the floor
life unlived who can tell its just because
talk to yogi bear or another empty character

its stools & fucks up each others relationships anyone could
jokes poetry is in the snip & the smoothness can
all male towel revue wow us with authentically venal attitudes
likelihood be run over by the spotters of it does
room where the idea of music is upheld & revered
a visit cant hear the river they sting or might
but the dream gets out it reminds me of a robbery
can tell its just because youre sitting down or havent

not unlike gruel yet thats the way
folds up its stools & fucks up
though happiness consists in staying asleep the
we lacked a few of the signposts
& would in all likelihood be run
in the wardrobe the bicycle in the
with the caterwauler & pay a visit
for their lost ones & stretching making
of boots defies space the tiles on
had your cone the wizardrys precise or

rhubarb

  in front of the church with the
  board one last humiliation yet unwilling the
  words bad luck with tins of fish
  come back works a hoist & it
  does tremble need the flat feel of
  cottoned back the than a nod saunter
  away with pleasure in my voice good




  short the alsatian precedes a memory of white teeth what are mine broke pegs
credit in the middle where the taste
  was where the guarded was concentration unable to sour my nostalgia enough
knows nothing needed saying way around the hotel manager
  passes leaving us to our devices there thats jumping the gun chat was of my
advantage we made our way through
  the stalks & barks of the enraged it was cool docks had seeds like blood & the
buckwheat stimulated illfated chooks
  heated the uncut head the unshaved getting my breathing heavy in front of the
church with the board with tins of
  fish come back later your excusesll be dust play it like it works a hoist & it does
tremble back the
  close shave & gin nip give more than a nod saunter away with pleasure in my
voice good night short the
  alsatian precedes a memory of white teeth what are mine remember to credit in
the middle where the taste was where
  the kiss was concentration unable to sour my nostalgia enough knowing
nothing needed saying we knew our us to our devices


 there are weirdos & weirdos yeah & havent we
 got to roll down thats jumping the gun goodhumoured
 nature & envy theory worked to my advantage &
 barks of the enraged it was cool & took
 some swallowing the docks had seeds like blood &





     the buckwheat stimulated illfated chooks heated the uncut
     by a tan while getting my breathing heavy
     in front of the church with the board
     one last humiliation yet unwilling though the of
     fish come back later your excusesll be dust
     play it like it works a hoist &
     it does close shave & gin nip give
     more than a nod a quick mistake were
     too short the alsatian precedes a memory of
     white teeth what are mine taste was where
     the guarded rash brash kiss was concentration unable




  to sour my
  needed saying we
  knew our way
  around the hotel



  jumping the gun chat was of a more goodhumoured nature
  to be mistaken for plum cherry quince the docks had
  heated the uncut head the unshaved face rescued by a
  pleasure in my voice good night satisfaction a quick mistake
  are mine broke pegs from yellowland hey remember to credit

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