Published in Overland Issue 201 Summer 2010 · Writing / Main Posts Lost Dog and its Breadcrumbs Kent MacCarter Thylacinus cynocephalus: ‘pouched dog with a wolf’s head’ I tracked hints an e-thylacine shrieked at the black market – a thicket of kitsch spruiked inside browsers’ pawn. Trickling wingdings apace in blogosphere talk inquisitive crumbs, pooch, your sandpapered answers Shone via protocol. Dropped, your parts found my cheers I gather up now into quilt-work of screenplay commanding roles based on your whereabouts, hunters web bots and spyware. Resellers’ briars ensnare why, Exhausted, your mass leapt into ether, portray how you scampered off Freycinet’s proxy to home pages for cover. FTP me the secret Domain. Majordomo, I’m on to your game-time and know at which DNS your camouflage lords firewalls lend poor insulation from howls, their chords Kent MacCarter Kent MacCarter is a writer and editor who lives in Castlemaine, with his wife and son. He is the author of three poetry collections: In the Hungry Middle of Here (Transit Lounge, 2009), Sputnik’s Cousin (Transit Lounge, 2014) and California Sweet (Five Islands Press, 2018). He is managing editor of Cordite Poetry Review and publisher of Cordite Books. More by Kent MacCarter › 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 20 March 20262 April 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Judith Wright Poetry Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Judith Wright Poetry Prize seeks outstanding poetry from new and emerging writers. This year’s judges, Shastra Deo, Harry Reid and […] 20 March 202620 March 2026 · Main Posts Final results of the 2025 Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize Editorial team Established in 2007 and supported by the Malcolm Robertson Foundation, the Overland Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize seeks outstanding original short fiction of up to 3000 words themed loosely around the notion […]