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From: Vol.12 N.01 – The Braided Gift

From This Perspective, Old Guys, But If Transposed, Gold Eyes

by Michael Farrell

From ten pm, or guessed, books in transit, getting evened.

This polarising operation, gelding bulls is, too, gefilte eel,
finicky.

Perspective oyster’s, genuine, Brunetti idealisms,
Tobleroned gelato, easily finished, thanks.

Old guitar bands, it’s their get-togethers, excellent, five
tuneful players.

Guys braved Ithaca, then Greece, Egypt’s, ferries, then
pyramids, Ozymandias.

But I tried going even further, Turkey, Poland, Oman,
gratuitously.

If thread’s graceful, elbowed father’s tongue, petunias, on
graves, bye.

Transposed gods, entrenched for trillennia, perpetrating
onslaughts, given, bats included.

Gold embargoed, from teeth, performing oafs, generally,
broad interpretations, teary.

Eyes fairly tired, pastries ok, gradually, bedded,
impertinent, temperamental / grandparental.

Published: November 2025
Michael Farrell

is from Bombala in south-east NSW and lives in Carlton, Melbourne. Book publications include Googlecholia and The Victoria Principle (Giramondo, 2022 & 2025). Michael’s first solo art exhibition was held at Visual Diary in Brunswick in 2024.

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