BOOK OF NUMBERS
Should I find something more
than a number—
a name that might have been;
a word that might remain
once the name has left a scar—
I will whisper it
to a world that will not listen.
A world worn out by words.
I will repeat it for this brevity
the damned call eternity.
I will give it life.
Should I find something more
than a number—
a name that might have been;
a word that might remain
once the name has left a scar—
I will whisper it
to a world that will not listen.
A world worn out by words.
I will repeat it for this brevity
the damned call eternity.
I will give it life.
- Joel Deane 2007
MIDTOWN
If you encounter a man
wearing no shoes
selling mini-umbrellas
- six dollars a piece
- ten dollars a pair
Something is falling.
If you encounter a man
wearing no shoes
selling mini-umbrellas
- six dollars a piece
- ten dollars a pair
Something is falling.
- Joel Deane 2007
Joel is a Melbourne-based poet and novelist whose poetry has been published in magazines such as Antipodes, Australian Book Review, Overland, Quadrant, Meanjin, Cordite and Famous Reporter. His last book was Subterranean Radio Songs (Interactive Press, 2005).
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