Published 10 September 202110 October 2021 · Friday Features / Friday Poetry / Main Posts Poetry | Losing your hearing Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne as in not an event but the unspooling as in not working from definitions a new state to declaim “ok, this is normal now”, but conscious of hollowing, the dark souls of sense data a wasp’s nest growing in the walls, mulch by mulch, stucco bulging from paste and saliva, growing around a queen or void as in the moments raining, you stand next to the tram stop, before a car skids on the grooves in the wet road, screeching into an ice-cream parlour before you know what is happening, and the quiet afterwards, before walking to check the driver the safety belt turned to fire as in the overnight train from Sydney to Melbourne bare fields visible only through the juxtaposition to 65 million year old light, saying nothing has changed, nothing changes, nothing is happening, and you trying to pin-point the second one thing transitions into another falling asleep, waking up in the suburbs, suddenly the CBD skyline in the distance Overland’s Friday Features project is supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund. Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne is a freelance editor/writer/programmer. Their work has appeared in Cordite, Southerly and Rabbit Journal among others. They were shortlisted for the 2022 Val Vallis award, and were the recipient of the 2021 Harri Jones memorial prize, as well as being one of the 2021 Next Chapter fellowship recipients. They are a genderqueer trans femme and live on unceded Wurundjeri land in Naarm. More by Josie/Jocelyn Suzanne › 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 24 November 202324 November 2023 · Friday Poetry Poem with vertical viewfinder Shari Kocher If in future an image of mine— of course, I have made the if-ness of your looking a multiple Ferris wheel turned to trolley car trundling down the street. Damn, I will show you something all right here, inside the daily or what you call private. First published in Overland Issue 228 10 November 202311 November 2023 · Subscriberthon 2023 On the final day of Subscriberthon, Overland’s most important members get to have their say Editorial Team BORIS A quick guide to another year of Overland, from your trusty feline, Boris. I liked the ginger cat story, though it made my human cry. I liked the talking cat, too, but I’m definitely in the “not wasting my time learning to talk” camp. But reading is good. And writing is fun, though it’s been challenging […]
