Published in Overland Issue 205 Summer 2011 · Uncategorized One February or July DJ Huppatz Calling out in an underground parking garage in Ottawa or Montreal, but I tell you no-one was lost. At least I wasn’t. Then how was it we ended up on St Kilda beach later that morning, a gypsy bar that afternoon, while all the disenchanted world worked? “You can fly you know”. The gulls blinked – they’re used to such profundity and listened attentively. We gorged on sunlight impounded in Indonesian mangos as the ocean sculpted a sign legible only to two. But when the little one said roll over, it was hard to recall when we were young and no-one followed those tight silk pants but my hands. The temples are waiting, let them. I could clean the bathroom but there’s no sense setting the record straight. You know, it’s a long way to buy a decent key lime pie, we should just make one here. And a couple of mojitos. DJ Huppatz D J Huppatz is a Melbourne-based writer who has had poetry published recently in VLAK 2 (2011) and Black Inc.’s The Best Australian Poems 2011. More by DJ Huppatz › 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 24 April 2024 · History Anzac Day and the half-remembered history of the Anzacs in Palestine Bill Abrahams and Lucy Honan Schools are deliberate targets for government-funded mystification about Australia’s role in wars. Such instances of official remembrance crowd out the realities of war, and the consequences of Australia’s role in imperialism. As teachers, we should strive to resist this, and we should introduce our students to a fuller understanding of the history of the Anzacs. 22 April 2024 · Gaming Game-death in infinite game-worlds: Darkest Dungeon 2 Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne Death is the ultimate stamp of value. It was invented to sell arcade-like 1 Up repetition to the home market. To read politics in videogames is to learn to read necropolitically, which is why gamers don’t like politics.