It’s not too bad
When the freezer doesn’t freeze
The refrigerator doesn’t refrigerate

When the linen smock
Falls off the line windy into
That fresh mud which sits below

It’s not too bad
When I miss the last bus
That takes me back
To whatever I was at that time

Because I know that
There will always be the next one eventually.
I’ll just remember that
It’s not too bad

It's you
being tired
of life
not the latter
which has
no say-

you create
or destroy
you succeed
or fail
you're happy
or sad
you thrive
or give up
you dare
or despair
ahead you forge
or move not-
all this lies
within yourself-

yours is Weltschmerz
life is blameless!

I fill the darkness with the roar of being,
but from one being to another, it's all so irrelevant.
I am Kafka, and I die as Kafka.

21/Almada

In response to a surreal painting of Nathan Mohinsky, a talented artist from Melbourne


An evocative and compelling piece!

Imaginative creatures conceived by the subconscious are many times more tantalising than the real--
this is the might of the mind!

where did these virtues come from?
the law is there to protect old money.

peace beside your thought, nation
god is a Gun.
so what is Man?

shame to isolate them
fear to motivate them
love to move them as necessary .



power likes
predictability .

The pears
bend the
crooked branches—
flushed
and drowsy
with sugar.

The juice waits
for something—
for its skin
to be bruised,
for a mouth
to bite in,
and when done
waiting—
suffer the wind
do what must
be done.

I am sorry darling
           our paths part here
a bell's loud toll
              encourages pace
              it sets me free

It's been a long day
       the suns set
                       finally
              my eyes can rest
                in light embraced

hold on to my fragments
without lament
               for the night is generous
                      quieting the rain

I am sorry darling
          we must part ways
remember eternally:
                    you are part of me
           it's til I see you
                    that goodnight I bid
my heart stays whole
and with you remains