Published in Overland Issue 209 Summer 2012 · Uncategorized Cento Claire Nashar for Jonathan Dunk So then the Librarian said: ‘the Piggy Bank is pi times ratshit squared’ and left the building seeking tundra. Poor Heart-throb was so pleased and watched through narrow windows deeply-set as millions of moonbeam parted the curtains. I expect we were all jealous. Using up our atoms and getting fucked by handbags — just a provincial adjective, descriptive of what the very best eat for breakfast. Working breakfast? Wanking breakfast! But the coldness puzzled our brains: how to put more heart into 70 x 7 and how to soften a beautiful country having lobbed it tart last Christmas when Craigo loosed her dress and chattered carelessly without knocking: ‘I am! I am! a hologram made of spiders’ bones!’ Claire Nashar Claire Nashar lives in Buffalo, where she is a PhD student at the State University of New York. Her first book of poems, Lake, was published by Cordite Books. More by Claire Nashar 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 1 First published in Overland Issue 228 2 June 20232 June 2023 · Friday Poetry Three Chaingrass poems Catherine Vidler Three visual poems from Catherine Vidler's Chaingrass series. First published in Overland Issue 228 1 June 20231 June 2023 · Politics Turning peaceful protesters into criminals—again Evan Smith So the Summary Offences (Obstruction of Public Places) Bill 2023 has been passed by South Australia’s Legislative Assembly and will become law. Fifteen hours of debate in the upper house, led by the Greens and SA Best, could not overturn the bill that was reportedly rushed through the lower house in just twenty-two minutes a fortnight ago.
