Fathers' Day
BURWOOD 2 father in the lounge leg crooked up on one knee cup of tea four sugars more pile of biscuits sliced Genoa brown apple core...
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JANE CLIFTON
May 271 min
Winter Sunset
these coconut-ice sunsets when the air is pink and crisp and still dessicated chill and you can’t wait to split some wood crunch...
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JANE CLIFTON
Feb 283 min
War on Television
February 27th we are watching the war on television as if it were a show baby faces crying parents brothers sisters dying starving we are...
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JANE CLIFTON
Feb 141 min
Not So Fast
O, Febfast, Febfast not so fast especially in a leap year you think at 14 you’re halfway but no no no it’s halfway plus another day it’s...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 91 min
Jan 8 2024
The King birthday of the king no, not the one from Nazareth although that’s quite a thing El-vez The Pres soundtrack of my skinny, bony...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 91 min
Jan 7 2024
Fluviophobe rainy days like these I quickly go from fluviophile to fluviophobe from il to ob in one fell swoop being fluviatile has made...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 91 min
Jan 6 2024
The 2nd Coming? what’s that sound? heartbeat thumping blood pumping spirits crumpling is it coming is the water rising should we be...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 61 min
Jan 5 2024
Prick little shard of glass will you seek me out with your sharp point to pierce the fragile skin the saggy flesh what is your point...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 61 min
Jan 3 2024
Rock and Doris in the nightmare crush of pillows where I wrestle sleep and thoughts that ought to know just when to stop and where to go...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 61 min
Jan2 2024
Time! red wine tonight not white or pink the one you think won’t be as lethal until you’ve necked the bottle no red it was just when you...
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JANE CLIFTON
Jan 21 min
Let's Go!
January 1st fresh start brave heart against the odds the body’s grim reminder of the truth time’s running out to be cute no doubt a next...
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JANE CLIFTON
Dec 18, 20231 min
The Mist
good will seeps like mist through tiny pores past oak-thick doors of brick-hard fierce resistance to the yule stubborn as mules we are...
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JANE CLIFTON
Nov 8, 20231 min
DIG IT
November 4th 2023 hands in the dirt wrenching weeds planting seeds until old knees scream stop! but you can’t stop the sun is up the...
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JANE CLIFTON
Nov 8, 20231 min
QUICK QUICK SLOW, WAY TO GO
November 3rd 2023 the year runs down like clockwork like an iphone like a spreadsheet like wine down my throat like piss down the pisser...
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JANE CLIFTON
Oct 17, 20231 min
TREES
how can we compete with trees? artists, sculptors trees bring them to their knees jeez Louise look at those trunks big spunks those...
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JANE CLIFTON
Oct 14, 20231 min
October 14th 2023 ANNIVERSARY
lest we forget how wet we were when the river came to call before dawn while we were still in bed but not asleep on high alert and fully...
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JANE CLIFTON
Sep 11, 20232 min
Divorce party
People often ask with a sneer, ‘Do you do divorce ceremonies, too?’ Tee hee hee. Well, short answer, ‘I do and I will. Divorce doesn’t...
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JANE CLIFTON
Sep 3, 20231 min
Fathers'Day
fathers’ day the old one and the new the dead one and the now vying for attention in our hearts and in our souls rough feelings bubble up...
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JANE CLIFTON
Mar 16, 20237 min
Flood of the Blood
My name is Jane Clifton and I have lived in MARIBYRNONG, with my partner, Paul Williamson, since 1996. We knew the property was on a...
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JANE CLIFTON
Dec 22, 20221 min
The Christmas Mist
THE MIST good will seeps like mist through tiny pores past oak-thick doors of brick-hard fierce resistance to the yule stubborn as mules...
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