Dew

overnight
the weather cooled
and all the grass was dewed
in the morning
the sun was shining
life renewed
and I won't cry over you

we only have
one moment
then the next
and then it's gone
and all we had
were years that passed
and tears to smother
the feelings
that couldn't last

we are all
we can change
the rest is a cage
we are all
we have to hold on to
the rest is chains

in the evening
stormclouds gathering
and soon the rain comes
to wash away
our rusted pain
burnt out by the sun
unloved by anyone.

Thin boy

I have a thin boy
expanding
until he is overwhelming
I have a beautiful boy

I have a dream
in which we love each other
happy together
I have a beautiful dream

I have a gentle friend
we walk together
we're in clover
I have an imaginary friend

They say
you cannot wrap him up
you cannot bring him up
you have to give him up

They say
you cannot love enough
you cannot give enough
you have to live and learn

I have a thin boy
eats chips and vegemite
he is all right
I have him on my mind.

Three weeks ago

Last week
I heard a man
crying in the night
sighing until daylight

what was the song he was singing
heard for a moment
then it was nothing.

A few months ago
I heard the voice of God
gently said my name
and turned over and went back to sleep
unclear
which of us was real
and which the dream.

Three weeks ago
I realised
there is no possibility
of happiness
when you are dead
but even then
you can still hope.

I wasn't here

Ever since I discovered
that I don't exist
I have found it easier
to believe in fairy tales
such as
that there is a possibility
we can love each other

and even about that
I'm sceptical
because probably
we're just chemicals.

Ever since I discovered
that the earth is a void
I have found it easier
to believe it's worth
fighting with each other

because what would it matter
you get three score and ten
and then you are dust
everything you built
a pile of mould and rust.

You could let it go
let yourself be bathed
in the evening's soft sweet glow
watch the bats over Samford Road
give up everything
you've ever known

You could just let it flow
dissolve into particles
believing in miracles
watching your children grow.

Ever since I discovered
that I am destined to fail
I have started to want
you to build me a monumnet

and write upon it
that the world turned around
and he didn't care
it span around twenty-five thousand times
and he wasn't there.

Boundary Street

I held your hand
in Boundary Street
and I knew
you would be mine
I felt like this is right
your hand in mine


I kissed you
your sharp teeth on my tongue
I felt like this is who we are
strangers in the twilight
we will learn together
to love and feel all right

I held you close
deep in a sweaty night
I felt like this is who we are
everything held inside

Let us run together
Your hand in my hand in yours
Let us be together
Alive with each other
Empty when we’re done

Let us be together
what harm can we do?
I will be who I am
You will be you

When we were young

i touched your face
and you crumpled
like a tissue paper dolly
oh my golly
golly gosh
oh my gosh

when we were young
we wanted to live in
skyscrapers
be seen in newspapers
we would have motorbikes
if we did
what we were bid
by us when we were young

when i touched you
you opened up
you broke me up
i realised that lies
are better than flowers
and all hours with you
will be wasted hours

you know
you'd think
you'd think you'd think twice
before fucking with me
you know
you'd think
you'd think it through
before inviting me
to fuck with you
but you never do

if we had had a clue
we would never have done
all the things we do
if we had had a clue.

Awesome

My god is greater than your god
yours wants us to comply
or else we die
mine just wants us to get by.

My god is greater than your god
yours wants blood
mine wants nothing for us
but good.

Your god is awesome
he made the trees, the stars, the sky
the earth and everything
that crawls upon it
but it crawls
bowed down by awe.

Your god is awesome
jealous and vengeful
demanding and cruel
compared with him
mine is so small.

My god is tiny
living inside me
a god of forgotten places
corners and traces.

My god is tiny
you cannot find him
aren't even searching
as though you are blinded

we all need reminding
there's awesome inside us
from time to time
we all need to find it.