Today what I learned I learned
the eels run from creek
to creek. The ceilings slope like
parentheses. Please design
the interior of my clay lining.
Country is a word with no definite
article, we pay respects to. Welcome
to Country. Welcome to acknowledgment
of acknowledgment of country.
The eels turn to the tunnels
they slime through, that’s what
she calls them, skeletons with gonads
before they double in the ocean.
The advisory committee to the advisory
committee was dismissed. Tired of the hunger
metaphor. Tired of the tired. Chocolate biscuit
Choccy Biccy. Got in bed
so early and dreamt you training a horse.
You looked in its eyes. When you lay down,
it lay down. I grew like the candle’s first flame
in my sleep.