Published in Overland Issue 223 Winter 2016 · Uncategorized Still dreaming Susie Orpen When I woke that morning I felt as if I had a slight fever; warm and viscous with the slippery perception of vertigo. My vision was clear, but tepid and it slid. There was the suggestion of oblivion in the periphery, like optical vignetting, like low blood pressure. Movement was a slow, shaky playback. My whole body listed sideways – I was an ungainly ship, and the air had waves in it, twittering, full of static. Read the rest of Overland 223 – If you liked this article, please subscribe or donate. Susie Orpen Susie Orpen is an emerging poet writing in Melbourne. More by Susie Orpen › 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 26 July 202426 July 2024 · Poetry Song of despair πO A new poem by πO 24 July 202424 July 2024 · pop culture Swamp monster of the rock’n’roll de/generation Rock Chugg In the 1980s, a horrible time was had by all. Yet the assorted Australian talent for making the best of a bad thing, gave us the most important and characteristic popular music genre, locals have (n)ever known.