Published in Overland Issue 227 Winter 2017 · Uncategorized Cyan 0%, Magenta 69%, Yellow 100%, Key 6% Kent MacCarter US Coast Guard U-turned to Pier Thirty-nine August DeMont co-produced daughter number one Carol DeMont was her name Jack Ricketts and Al Maloux were painting a bridge August co-produced a second daughter named Marilyn DeMont Jack and Al watched Marilyn exit a car Marilyn did not speak August requested that Marilyn jump August was thirty-seven and spoke Marilyn scaled metre-high rail on Bay side Jack and Al were painting a bridge Jack and Al watched Marilyn jump Marilyn jumped Irving Morrow selected colour Marilyn and August did not speak as they jumped August left a note on car seat Marilyn was little and did not read Jack and Al watched August jump August wrote a note Jack and Al painted colour on steel Marilyn and August did not jump Carolyn Downes became fat with Carolyn DeMont Steel got born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania August and Marilyn dived in practiced form Car was 1942 Plymouth sedan Auto belongs to Mrs A C DeMont 4356 Twenty-sixth street, San Francisco I and my daughter have— August jumped on 23 July, 1945 Golden Gate Bridge International Orange Carolyn recounted, I knew it, I knew it August did Irving felt colour was highly pleasing Carol was Measles in bed on 23 July, 1945 Marilyn and August swept into Pacific and got eaten Measles are Golden Gate Bridge International Orange Jack and Al were painting on 23 July, 1945 Date in Potsdam Harry Truman spoke of Fat Man and Little Boy August co-produced daughter number two Jack and Al watched a car Marilyn did not speak Jack and Al were Carolyn forged little at Pier Thirty-nine Facts rely on International Date Line Regret sums two-hundred-twenty feet between South Tower and Bay August did earthquake-proof lifts in towers for living Read the rest of Overland 227 If you enjoyed this poem, buy the issue Or subscribe and receive four outstanding issues for a year 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 2 December 2024 · Reviews Pleasure politics: Zahra Stardust’s Indie Porn Samantha Floreani By drawing out the cultures of indie porn, Stardust pushes readers to see beyond issues of content classification, aesthetics and representation to consider the political economy of pornography. She positions pornography within broader systems of economic inequality, trade relationships and globalisation, and frames indie porn in terms of its efforts to “redistribute power, labour, and wealth in global media production.” 29 November 2024 · Climate politics Pacific nations can’t afford to be hypocrites on human rights Kavita Naidu In the Pacific, we know that climate change is exacerbating a human rights crisis. Our survival relies on the world following international law to limit the warming that threatens our people and shores. Yet the recent trajectory of Pacific governments picking and choosing which rights to defend and which to ignore is deeply troubling.
