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 8 May 202611 May 2026 · Nakata Brophy Prize The 2026 Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers (Poetry) Editorial Team Please follow this link to enter the prize. Sponsored by Trinity College at the University of Melbourne and supporters, the Nakata Brophy Prize for Young Indigenous Writers, established in 2014 […] 6 May 20266 May 2026 · Main Posts Join the Overland Board Editorial Team Overland is looking for a Treasurer to join the board. If you care about literary culture, have governance experience and a head for finance, please consider applying. Expressions of Interest […]
