1 In the slackened-off momentum of a Holy day, the Machine left to idle, I put on someone else’s shoes, wore unfamiliar clothing, styled my hair a way I’m not accustomed, found the walk, in the shoe, and allowed that through, limb and thought. Then put that self to walk, at the rural fringe suburban,…
Month: October 2019
Hey, Siri.
(For the genius who wrote the answer to ‘What is zero divided by zero?’) Hey Siri. What should I do with my life? Will my kids be happy and safe and will they find love? Hey Siri. What if we all treated others as we’d like to be treated? How we think we…
McFerrin’s Lament
So now I have to talk to my kids about porn. Internet safety. Gun laws. Consent. Respect. Gender. Sexuality. Religion. Extremism. Tolerance. Diversity. Fitness and diet. Advertising. Scams. Not everyone’s nice. Isis. Islam. Hate speech and free speech. Obligations and rights. Te Tiriti negotiations. And the right. And how world…
Home Alone
I thought I’d enjoy the week alone. School holidays. Wife and kids gone. No taxi service. No five to nine. Body-clock wake-up. Evenings all mine. Calm, sorted, tidy. No plastic bread tags. No toaster-crumb beach bench. No piles of school bags. Just as I left it. Ordered and clean. Clutter and…