JANE CLIFTONAug 30, 20201 minCURFEW 24DAY 24 – Aug 26 footy on heat footy in ice vests it’s not right footy every night and afternoon time pseudo prime time interstate in the...
JANE CLIFTONAug 27, 20201 minCURFEW 23DAY 23 – Aug 25 an orchestra of elastic bands once taut and humming at a stroke we slackened with a muted twang relaxed ate more drank...
JANE CLIFTONAug 25, 20201 minCURFEW 22DAY 22 – Aug 24 I used to laugh I used to snigger I’ll admit it at the sight of people wearing masks what’s their problem I would ask...
JANE CLIFTONAug 24, 20201 minCURFEW 21DAY 21 – Aug 23 we are changing rearranging the inner and the outer adapting evolving faster than Darwin ever thoughta renovating...
JANE CLIFTONAug 24, 20201 minCURFEW 20DAY 20 – Aug 22 incoming lockdown black dog just wanna lie down and go back to sleep forget the sameness of the day-to-day suppress...
JANE CLIFTONAug 24, 20201 minCURFEW 19DAY 19 - AUG 21 A void I shall avoid with another cheeky dip into the 2018 well..... May 13th ART ideas erupt like bubbles in champagne...
JANE CLIFTONAug 22, 20201 minCURFEW 18DAY 18 – Aug 20 we are singing little ditties silencing our inner critics hunkered in our bunkers we are singing at odd angles from our...
JANE CLIFTONAug 20, 20201 minCURFEW 17DAY 17 – Aug 19 a whiff of spring a scent of jasmine in the air bluer skies dazzling daylight lasting longer soul uplifting then there...
JANE CLIFTONAug 20, 20201 minCURFEW 16DAY 16 – Aug 18 (on this day in 2019 the scene outside my window was very different) BRUCE sugar cane sugar cane sugar cane sugar Bruce...
JANE CLIFTONAug 19, 20201 minCURFEW 15DAY 15 – Aug 17 a good park (shops are shut) light traffic (5k limit) cheap petrol (nowhere to drive) time off work (for the rest of...
JANE CLIFTONAug 17, 20201 minCURFEW 14DAY 14 – Aug 16 the urge barely controllable to drive that extra k a yearning for a favourite bread a bakery 7.1 too far from me...
JANE CLIFTONAug 16, 20201 minCURFEW 13DAY 13 – Aug 15 my lucky shop closed up the roller door came down another win for COVID I don’t want to go online admit that I’m a...
JANE CLIFTONAug 15, 20201 minCURFEW 12DAY 12 – Aug 14 sadness rolling in it can’t be helped stiff price we pay for keeping out of human reach Nina Simone wails in my head...
JANE CLIFTONAug 14, 20201 minCURFEW 11DAY 11 – Aug 13 calling out around the world… knock three times… twice on the pipe if you ain’t gonna show … periscope closes over radio...
JANE CLIFTONAug 13, 20201 minCURFEW 10DAY 10 – Aug 12 the corporate world spins to a halt we turn at once to art to what’s important what flows from the heart simple things...
JANE CLIFTONAug 12, 20201 minCURFEW 9DAY 9 – Aug 11 decided lack of zip today sometime the leaden wave of stasis is too hard to crest almost bereft of simple human contact...
JANE CLIFTONAug 11, 20201 minCURFEW 8DAY 8 – Aug 10 one week gone already in a flash and five short weeks to go the days file past like soldiers neither fast nor slow but at...
JANE CLIFTONAug 10, 20201 minCURFEW 7DAY 7 – Aug 9 great news! everyone’s an expert who knew we had so many friends with expertise so beyond clever they never bothered with...
JANE CLIFTONAug 9, 20201 minCURFEW 6DAY 6 – Aug 8 the fruit and veg at Highpoint quiet as a library rocks a new respect for queuing and a lot less squeezy touchy feely of...
JANE CLIFTONAug 8, 20201 minCURFEW 5DAY 5 – Aug 7 I just sneezed… Is that it? No! some dust I really have to blow my nose… Is that it? No! bit teary, lachrymose I feel too...