Sport 8: Autumn 1992
♣ Gregory O'Brien — A Ken Bolton Reader
♣ Gregory O'Brien
A Ken Bolton Reader
1 Literary world
They all love you
to some extent
at times a kind
of negative love
'though you speed not
you cannot miss'.
2 All things being
We have what we
deserve
'just deserts', Spenser Bay
Christian Couriers
unlimited hot water
Ornette Coleman
Soapsuds
soapsuds.
3 A street called straight
Telephone ringing
an exact depiction
of St Paul's conversion
what Caravaggio meant
it's God.
collapsing
down the street
... such indifference!
the street
collapsing.
4 W. chime
How the winds perceive
their sons and daughters
dry-mouthed, river-tossed, wild!
autumn gathering its apostles
out of leaves, the continent seen
through Australia Ice Cubes
vodka and orange
desert.
Hang on!
5 God
Stared, hours
at the blank pages
of a telephone
directory
left the receiver
humming into the
new petunia
went outside
to invent the world.
6 'Punk China Doll'
Every city's
uncertain dimensions
a past to linger on
like 50s rock legends
guitar-heroes, the present
a lop-sided outing
where 'Sergio Selli
Lives
(& Drinks)'
happily
as a sandgirl
importing
bachelors
from Prague.
7 Major theme
And even if
they
don't love you.
gulls might fly
over
Rundle St, the
Famous Flash Coffee
Shop
'Fuck the facts'
Mr Dark Designs
...Mary
Christie does.