Now and where
Change the materials, change the room
change the line into the old dark matter
when I stared out the window
green into dazing afternoons
the small magazine and its ammunition
blurted from a speaker above the wall.
Even now it's trying to contain me
between asphalt and chlorine
in sight of the blue hills
someone once thought they'd discovered
so they built a map and a road
into the horizon's breast.
It brings messages and materials
old as sunlight, as new born wishes
against shine and dictatorships
a line which can turn without flinching.
Jill Jones, 10 November 2005, Sydney
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Jill Jones
Latest books:
Broken/Open. Available from Salt Publishing
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/1844710416.htm
Where the Sea Burns. Wagtail Series. Picaro Press
PO Box 853, Warners Bay, NSW, 2282. [log in to unmask]
Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press)
http://www.wildhoneypress.com
web site: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones
blog1: Ruby Street http://rubystreet.blogspot.com/
blog2: Latitudes http://itudes.blogspot.com/
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