Michael Farrell
Australia

Michael Farrell is a postgraduate student at Deakin University. His book
'ode ode' was published by Salt Publishing in 2003.
http://www.saltpublishing.com/books/smp/1876857536.htm

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& falter not wanting it
the big room our god
up when you see it
the daylight covers everything the
loved & prayed for one
be made earlier thunder only
some pressure you should learn
the interview her breasts were

black things wrapped around
your purse breathing a
heels but this was
to the ground &
the silence made us
face stop because theres

part of the screen movement other pieces the loved face stand up when you see it with
civility & regard
sexual loop he had & insisted on his own font the loved & prayed for one strength will
come to
earlier thunder only happens hell feel in the room pieces of his body loved & today c'mon
summon up some
during the interview her breasts were pulling out a gun & only to be whisked away he came
on scary
would go away the metallic shapes safe in your purse breathing a sensation unlike ginger
on a tongue people dont
my knees working go away you have what you want when the rain sews you to the ground
& your
silence made us think of all sorts of awful things & falter not wanting it to end hurting his
face
god the boyfriend part of the screen movement other pieces the loved face stand up when
you see it with

return to the church a future church
where darkness you in your hour of
need the decision should the rubbery substance
you desire & orange seeds to
munch enough with his face you knew
it usually run in high l a why
arent prayers are washed away his face
the other promiscuous he said ways to
begin again here we are after all
in







march of the white tiger

slowly through the
as a moth
the ridge &
whole thing alarming
down & the
further extension of
this far south

relentless pace brings men to a standstill this
paper for the feet the protocol has been
history this isn't a theres something wise in
immeasurable & the peace was undisrupted by the
clambered over the grass emu sentinels or markers
existed in the original & noone could play
flashes the relentless paws are batting the zip
youve chosen your song & its snow though
you giving them the animals they looked for
shop as it closed down & the wide

further extension of the muscle a bird is in my mouth & the colour is a blue unfound
pace brings men to a standstill this is its failure & success in the court they are spreading
move tearing at the curtains & the instant presentations of culture & history this isnt a
theres something
went out on foot & horse the reports came back that the changes were immeasurable & the
peace
& the brass zip in the old theatre where we clambered over the grass emu sentinels or
markers there
this is a new effect holes have been burnt in the ground to account for the flashes the

are all black & rocking forward
they like you giving them the
read death into the whole thing
streets of sand need there be
the colour is a blue unfound
men to a standstill this is
feet the protocol has been broken
isnt a theres something wise in
horse the reports came back that
the brass zip in the old
miles of desert any opera existed
holes have been burnt in the ground to
all black & rocking forward slowly
comes quick as a moth &
you read death into the whole
of sand need there be any
& the colour is a blue
men to a standstill this is
paper for the feet the protocol
& the instant presentations of culture
& horse the reports came back
you remember these the padding &

over the grass emu sentinels or
original & noone could play this
flashes the relentless paws are batting
slowly through the fanfare youve chosen
quick as a moth & they
ridge & off much later you
wide streets of sand need there

when it on everyone in the we have taken red things for the journey the & you a
bottle was found when they pirates
do were kilometres & coloured fish the white road the lines






hey pesto

that aint no way to say aunt black
say that aint no way to treat a
this sugar dirt could it be a baby
that word again soon line breaks will be
pestobirds will appear from my sleeves toucan ride
a mirror cuts off the head no way
a recipe arson for eggheads we fiddle to
e e ecstasy to front an armada or

upper storey & rents will plummet take a volume of walter benjamin are any words
major flaw walk quickly along the footpath with flinted heels someone will peck at your
end of the tenements beautiful car parks purple car parks built by unashamed purple hands
we chorus to the coming now toucan cough too many say that aint no way
a baby could it be a rocknroll radio they whiz the foxtail replace the cockatoo with
will fall from the trees & flocks of pestobirds will appear from my sleeves toucan
clears the true anglosaxon a mirror cuts off the head no way to address an
property what planet e e e e ecstasy to front an armada or best a
rents will plummet take a volume of walter benjamin are any words ununderlined were
writing
with flinted heels someone will peck at your heart from a hansom cab erupt into
purple hands but how that aint no way to say aunt black figured bodice we
to treat a souffle we arent going to starve with all this sugar dirt could
the cockatoo with playstation that word again soon line breaks will be obsolete soon
powercuts
passersby or im mixed up the food of all the feminine cigar clears the true

an unsalted chopping board
e e e e
will flood the upper
words ununderlined were writing
the footpath with flinted
of the tenements beautiful
no way to say

say that aint no way to treat a souffle
it be rocknroll radio they whiz the foxtail replace
powercuts will fall from the trees & flocks of
passersby or im mixed up the food of all
no way to address an insect garlicbreathed an unsalted
to the owned bread propert property what planet e
a tower counter enthusiasm with repeated oks sadness will

walter benjamin are any words ununderlined were writing
with flinted heels someone will peck at your
flames this is the end of the tenements
unashamed purple hands but how that aint no
chorus to the coming now toucan cough too
all this sugar dirt could it be a
be obsolete soon powercuts will fall from the
snipping at the heres nineteenseventyseven bodices werent figured






to the cluck cluck club

youre welcome ive people throw them
so youve someone to form with
& this is mine like air
wings out make a skylight dear
this is the storm were early
cluck cluck cluuuck till you
debarred have you seen a jib
one that has no computers for
betrayal the snail that falls from
when the mule gave birth hail
by the quarter the moon tells
suspicious grace are pecking at the
green & our arms are in
in new positions such romans imprisoned
school whos that breaking in in
after we died its your name
you mind we fathered oscar wilde
queen is in her bath we
everything they say reply cluck cluck
you want to be debarred have

alchemy kidnap for us a monkey wench one that has
& betrayal the snail that falls from lips too soft
gave birth hail mule hail the second son the surviving
are pecking at the aloe stringing tripe along the fence
by their convictions youre welcome ive people throw them candide
in clothing so youve someone to form with lies we
mainstream bastard get your wings out make a skylight dear
were early magazines the governments fantastic to everything they say
priests arms if you want to be debarred have you
alchemy kidnap for us a monkey wench one that has
that falls from lips too soft to form a beak

do you believe in magi we were
there twin gods a cuckoo all the
time we need the sun goes down
& gypsies of the milk is each
others sleeves cats cut fish & editors
get snapped goes to sky founded &
continued wearing alcohol behind do you the
satan when the are running naked cough
blood & recuperate in a lay an
egg well till then brook no more
the china sea nor friends for which
e r can only mean endless rewind





oohoohoohoohooh

on a scale the key phrase a
the cooler heights of cute jewish vandals
a pair of eyes or more twin
thermometer when does romance become offensive when
youre on canetoad homophone calm after the
mosquitoes there are reasons you hear that
all over you play wanting greater upper
like lead in a pencil the club
that auto chimes curiously & more than
splash heres a question where noone can
what a great place it should be

on a scale they phrase a heart mind continuum watching you for minutes what are you doing is the world an awareness without attitude or performance no attempt
a sound whenever a pair of eyes or more twin girls on bikes & bigsticked dad the plants are scared & it rises like blood in a thermometer when
the old guy for breaking the ice hi youre on canetoad homophone calm after the exertion & ready to run the bony arse has the experience the taller has
are reasons that you get the job side sorted & then the unguessable remixes hi jumps all over you play wanting greater upper body strength desultory trading of
the club will have its own delicatessen how do you quote someone when they refuse to display the persona that auto chimes curiously & more than feared with further
wanting to reintroduce swimming sans splash heres a question where noone can see we may as well be laughing you didnt say what a great place it should be
over along according to blue bluer bluest on a scale the key phrase a heart mind continuum watching you for minutes what are you doing is the world an

supportive smiles from wouldbe liberaces the
envious & the true supporters who
make a sound whenever a pair
the idealised body confronts the unused
to the real thanks to the
a symbolic advantage that was the
call through the mosquitoes there are
the usual diversion up & up
expensive objects its time fuck me
meaning the week hasnt ended &
self esteem may be an issue
simple to be accepting rock steady
on a fixed point vibrating pushing
it over along according to blue
to please yet pleasing from the






practical life at Versailles

he remembered, explaining his work in peace. he said. He
was, he was fascinated the grapes went well with an
apartment and the known a new recovery. He fell in
love so well He was learning and power was distressing
less interest by fits with some miraculous way the part
he played never to leave now Moliere) During the rehearsals
wondered a single day the doctors. returned to Paris, he
had their feats brilliant irresistible, gaiety of the household cavalry.
La Bataille a line or two a farce, a parody
La Tulipe beyond understood To his surprise the closet supplied
perfectly peace the following year with her family it was
so ridiculous & pretty, illustrious other Marquise for jealousy. the
errors of Newton. her little boy airs at Court there
was no room forgiven, in his journal, absentmindedness. disconcerted the
Pope with a sense of agreeing. what about me?’ a
bull fond of the French Church; in many direc-tions;, a
relation with his portrait. respected a gaffe. of heavy flattery
miscalcu-lation the nobility. colleagues bored again. the greatest living three
people: who were mentioned against him. an affair black with
envy, eighteenth-century slander proteges literature how to read. that
touching friend.






wholigan

a wind that blows on the
truth any potion or heavenly motions
about the city aesthetics & the
form with socialist tendencies & realise
says a game of nothing who
werent just a mental disease or
another worker falls today the ethical
was a mask you believed in
was a guy with a trolley
a frilled neck who owns the
& fro in the fight between
in society any lie will impress
young men curl their hair half
that blows on the poor cliches
truth any potion or heavenly motions
exciting language & youre breaking out
a matter of context & editing

& buildings  a form of breaking the pyramids werent
any blame another worker falls today the ethical message
revolving remember when the demon was a mask you
screech till it makes some sense he was the
who never washed & a woman with a frilled
important than a place in society any lie will
hair half surprised they cant see through mirrors there
that blows on the poor cliches have this use
likely & so you interview the people on flinders

someone is speaking an exciting language
in romanticism an exterior form with
eloquence can be a matter of
zero breaks things communities histories human
abilities & buildings a form of
bridges closer to home the buildings
withstand any blame another worker falls
go back to breaking resurrect charming
over revolving remember when the demon
too much lego my hand lego
my face speed it up screech
liar elect there was a guy
peace who reserves the right to
disturb to & fro in the
person & thing a life thats
more important than a place in
someone & do everyone far less
damage emotions begin young men curl
are figures in the housing estates
& a wind that blows on
you turn back the skin &
find an opposite truth any potion
more likely & so you interview
st steps about the city aesthetics
soon turns someone is speaking an