walking the moon

this morning

the first human
to ever walk the face of the moon
died
aged eighty-two

the moon
i tell you
she would have cried
but unfortunately
she was occupied

blinking
forty-two year old grime
from conjunctivitis eyes

pacific solution horrific delusion

pacific solution

specific delusion
pacific solution
horrific conclusion
pacific solution
genetic dilution
prolific solution
pacific pollution
horrific delusion
terrific conclusion
pacific solution
prolific confusion
pacific solution
specific delusion
pacific solution
genetic pollution
pacific solution
specific solution
pacific solution
pacific dilution
pacific solution

horrific conclusion

pacific solution
persecution
pacific solution
devolution
pacific solution
destitution
pacific solution
institution
pacific solution
prosecution
pacific solution

execution

pacific solution
inhuman
pacific solution
inhuman
pacific solution
inhuman
pacific solution
inhuman
pacific solution

absolution

despite pussy riot's best efforts, julian assange won

julian assange met pussy riot
in a witness protection cottage
secret / in ecuadorian galapagos

this wz right after
rafael correa
busted them all out
talking about
this ain’t breaking international law
bt taking arms against
hostis humani generis
- enemies of mankind
the president of ecuador
wz righteous
& eager for re-election:
blazed in
with helicopters
& a prize contingent
of swarthy south american thugs

at the moment of liberation
they were screaming
dios, patria y libertad!
as well as
down with russia
imperialism
& the united states

meanwhile
putin wz well away from it all
on holiday / in the black sea
in that ten million dollar palace
he claims to know
nothing about
chowing down
to kitty cat
all of his own
miiiiaaaoooow

it took
less than twenty minutes
& two angry songs
for pussy riot to scratch out
the whole sweden thing
& after that
the four of them sat down
with pen & paper
for eighty seven games
of hangperson

it wz eighty one to six
despite pussy riot’s best efforts
julian assange won

Doing the Dirty

for several months now
prose & i
have been doing the dirty

it feels so good
until i remember
poetry

Audio Overland

Just finished editing the first edition of  'Audio Overland.'

With Audio Overland, a major Australian literary journal has found its way to publishing a literature previously beyond its scope. That there is a new venue for great Australian literature is something for all writers to celebrate. That the literature in question is aural text, in a country where so few opportunities exist for the creators of aural poetry to be recognised in terms on par with their less vocal poetic comrades, makes the occasion all the more significant...

You can read the rest of my editorial, and listen to this issue here.