top of page
Search

CURFEW 14

DAY 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 Mediterranean Wholesalers calls to me its sweet Sirena song from far off Sydney Road pasta cheeses sausages Carmelina anchovies 7.5 too far from me Marios’ a whopping 9.5 might as well be on Mars I’m clocking up hours on google maps crunching geographical miles who would see me? who would know? if they stopped me could I just go ‘shopping, officer’ get away with ‘giving care’ – to me? my rebel streak is of a sudden straining at the leash seeking loopholes ferreting foxholes escape hatches anomalies champing at the bit with ways to flout responsibility bugger the community viva herd immunity we’re not even half way through (and we know it could be longer) if I’m like this now god help me in September I’ve moved on from tears and fears to gnashing teeth to rattling the cage bloody virus! stupid conscience! petty politics! lockdown rage


See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists

My book of poems, A Day At A Time In Rhyme (Littlefox Press) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1


 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
HORMUZ

the ocean is still there bright blue and calm and stretched out flat beneath stalled ships at anchor waiting for the latest gang of thugs to slug it out in gilded suites behind dull desks beneath ster

 
 
 
Tossers

March 7 th TOSSERS no bounce! like watching junior footy Auskick trounced once more by evil empire AFL the Donald Trump of sport world domination crass pursuit of wealth changing rules and fixtures

 
 
 
Mr P

June 30 th I ain’t no Samuel Pepys these daily peeps are not the stuff of history no London burning plague of rats regimes changing merely misery this and that disguised as art and dogged grim det

 
 
 

1 Comment

rugahazas91
Jun 16

It becomes clear that the argument proceeds without unnecessary digressions. The use of hedging language reflects genuine epistemic care. The website documents the broader landscape surrounding this topic. Audience dynamics are framed within local digital content distribution models.

online pokies no verification

Like
bottom of page