Published 20 December 2009 · Main Posts We of the Synchronized Yawns Alec Patric by A. S. Patric what we do for money things done in good faith for the love of our fellow man for a fuck or love, for both the things we do for them motherfatherwifesondaughters the things we do for me ambition and ego, superego + id, evolution and development for the blank page soul for a blank cheque God the things I’ll do for you for the vague interest of your wandering eye for the vast disinterest of your wondering I things done in the middle of the night things done in the cold light of day all of this for you and for me, and others the superabundance after survival the superfluous after-hunt grunts a swirl of ink in my brain a splash of black in the heart a freewheeling delight in cheating fate printed on the inside of my eyelids for a chance to meet destiny the train that leaves 3:13am in the station of your mind arriving here tomorrow in the nowhere of words everyone else passes us by like those clowns at carnivals that take a coin to swivel and turn for the ball through the mouth for a lottery laugh of victory all done on spec or simple glee for a moment of distraction for the chance of connection the easy done, done easy for the ball down the throat stifling a coordinated yawn Alec Patric AS Patric is the award-winning author of The Rattler & other stories (Spineless Wonders, 2011), Las Vegas for Vegans (Transit Lounge, 2012) and Bruno Kramzer (Finlay Lloyd, 2013). More by Alec Patric 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 First published in Overland Issue 228 25 May 202326 May 2023 · Main Posts The ‘Chinese question’ and colonial capitalism in New Gold Mountain Christy Tan SBS’s New Gold Mountain sets out to recover the history of the Gold Rush from the marginalised perspective of Chinese settlers but instead reinforces the erasure of Indigenous sovereignty. Although celebrated for its multilingual script and diverse representation, the mini-TV series ignores how the settlement of Chinese migrants and their recruitment into colonial capitalism consolidates the ongoing displacement of First Nations peoples. First published in Overland Issue 228 15 February 202322 February 2023 · Main Posts Self-translation and bilingual writing as a transnational writer in the age of machine translation Ouyang Yu To cut a long story short, it all boils down to the need to go as far away from oneself as possible before one realizes another need to come back to reclaim what has been lost in the process while tying the knot of the opposite ends and merging them into a new transformation.
