Published in Overland Issue 201 Summer 2010 · Writing / Main Posts dinner with aspro Michael Farrell when straight friends change teams / when something that appears to be a nest isnt. because the drive, because the expansion. over & over, jelly like a pistol , random tensions between the poles (a verb there). the interruption shined like the expression holy mackerel distracted. see a spot on the dancefloor? dinosaurs once tromped here, their vicious beaks in the air , making a place for you in dulwich hill. figures drag fathers, hurrying ... how can we be more than we are : having our fun in lanes between bars . shattered dreams of west coast perfection. on finishing the drink his girlfriend bought him : ‘another fabulous project realised’. remember me? the large unidentifiable bone i carry; it wont fit in my vehicle . smells are known to be misleading, like a blue bird of mixed parentage, you into the shallower parts of a forest . ohuh – can we compromise (part alien from living on other planets)? naturally our cloudy kids suffer, forced to do outer-terrestrial raids; intra- universe. theres a surface we agree not to perforate – to make a security issue . accordingly: memory/ies. airport shops , their demands. your soul made of language, one that closes at a touch. the food was more fun than youd think , a few little tricks. there are messages that come from heaven, a filmset , where heroes like shelley live & death is just part of it, or all Michael Farrell Originally from Bombala, NSW, Michael Farrell is a Melbourne-based poet, with a collage practice which can be seen on instagram @limechax. Googlecholia is out now from Giramondo. More by Michael Farrell › Overland is a not-for-profit magazine with a proud history of supporting writers, and publishing ideas and voices often excluded from other places. If you like this piece, or support Overland’s work in general, please subscribe or donate. Related articles & Essays 28 March 20249 April 2024 · Main Posts Why we should value not only lived experience, but also lived expertise Sukhmani Khorana In the wake of this year’s International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, I want to extend the central idea of El Gibbs’s 2022 essay on 'lived expertise' and argue that in media accounts of racism, analytical expertise and lived experience ought to be valued together and even in the same body. 5 March 2024 · Main Posts Andrew Charlton’s school assignment Alex McKinnon Australia's Pivot to India exists for three reasons: so that when Andrew Charlton is interviewed on the radio or introduced on Q+A, his bio includes the phrase "he has written a book about Indian-Australian relations"; to fend off accusations that he is another Kristina Keneally engaging in electoral colonialism in western Sydney; and to help the Albanese government strengthen economic and military ties with Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.