Published in Overland Issue 203 Winter 2011 · Main Posts Posture Jaya Savige Make your spine an aerial. No, a urinal. No, an arrival. Tune in you animal. Even my stegosaurus can out-yoga you. He’s so supple he bends like a hot daffodil. You’ve got nothing. Zilch. Take my memory foam. Microwave this lavender therapillow, that should do it. Your voice is so handcuffed is how it looks to me, every tremulous bubble frisked for sense. Screened by customs. Explain what’s in your gut if not an ounce of poetry smuggled in condoms. Yes, orificer. I blame it on my incestors. This time I’ll straighten out. You’ll see. Jaya Savige Jaya Savige was born in Sydney, grew up in Moreton Bay and Brisbane, and lives in London, where he lectures at the New College of the Humanities at Northeastern. He is the author of Latecomers (UQP, 2005), which won the New South Wales Premier’s Kenneth Slessor Prize, and Surface to Air (UQP, 2011), shortlisted for The Age Poetry Book of the Year. His next collection, Change Machine, is forthcoming from UQP in 2020. More by Jaya Savige › 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 […]
