Published in Overland Issue Electronic Overland Uncategorized Counting Jessica Rae [kml_flashembed movie=”/media/counting/counting.swf” height=”350″ width=”500″ /] Jessica Rae Jessica Rae is a creative director living in Melbourne with over 15 years’ experience in art, design and advertising. As a copywriter with a talent for headlines and slogans, she now focuses her creative-writing skills on storytelling. Combining her passion for poetry, literature and illustration, Jessica is currently working on her first children’s book. More by Jessica Rae 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 November 202225 November 2022 Poetry Poetry | Summer animal Jini Maxwell This summer I can feel myself turning back into an animal. I wake up early and seek out trees, walking through the expansive quiet of the park until the heat starts feeling sharp on my skin. I leave the blinds closed, so when I return home the building is dark and familiar, and as I shut the door behind me I feel a satisfaction I can only describe as territorial. First published in Overland Issue 228 24 November 202225 November 2022 Politics ‘Sir, please get me the Manager’: Brazil before and after Bolsonaro Guido Melo By then, although young in age, I already knew about those rituals of humiliation and how they were part of my Black family's lives. I also knew that surviving those daily interactions required putting my head down and following the instructions received with no hesitation. I must have had ‘the talk ‘with my parents when I was eight or nine. Life was just like that. Being Black in Brazil means living in a war. No one should ever go to war underprepared.
