wear skinny jeans
in navy / dark grey / or black
a tasseled winter scarf
or quirky handcrafted hat
a tousled bed head
asymmetrical cut
or an overgrown dylan fro
of so-hip-i-can’t-be-fucked
or be scalp-razored
on a zero blade or one
with not-that-kind-of-pretty
two day old stubble
read rolling stone
collect records
frequent secondhand book places
talk poetry / art
& politics
but detest the horse races
shop at farmers markets
chinese grocers
jewish bakeries
or russian deli’s
watch films at acmi
know where the state library is
be vague
or ironic
or funny
or erratic
& wear skinny fit jumpers:
either hoodies or knits
be heroically underpaid
or disgustingly overpaid
live on grants / or savings
a scholarship /or bar tips
hang at the espy
the tote / the toff
the food festival
film festival
or elsewhere art is
drink boutique beer / tea
or a specific grind of coffee
visit perth / adelaide
darwin / or
anywhere untouristy
dig reggae
folk or jazz
& play drums / deck
or guitar
live on the tram
but own a beat-up brown car
like tall auburn-haired girls
who wear lace-trimmed dresses
leather boots / funky brooches
& know which way the bar is
& my not-so-secret plan for world literary domination
well, that's got me done. only thing is you coulda put in 'open studio' as well as tote/toff etc. oh dear me, what have i become? :-)
ReplyDeleteYou're on a poetic roll at the moment Maxine. I'm tempted to ask if I can Badgerise one of these poems but you probably have bigger and better plans for them :)
ReplyDeleteWait a minute, Maxine... skinny jeans? in Melbourne? sheesh... so is not just here, then? Yuh had mi laffin straight thru, only because yuh on point. I see nuff of that euro-cosmopolitan, artsy look all around. And di swag...well I carry dat swag.
ReplyDeleteLove the imagery.
One Love
Kaya
There is a Ween song I dare not name that the end of this put me in mind of. Trust funds, we all need one. Skinny jeans are in my past - my future has a big fat ass. Thanks for the poem! as always.
ReplyDeleteFunny Heth, I thought of your old 'do when I wrote the Dylanesque fro line - yours and Lemons :)
ReplyDeleteKaya - So much for originality :)
TimT - Which one do you want to badgerise?
CHEEKY! :-) i have a lil bit of dylan in the noggin', sure...but geoff's 'fro is the real deal.
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