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The Shift

by Indrani Perera

 

there's this thing

it happens in brilliant poems

where you're listening

or reading the words

swept up in the imagery

of a slide curving and swerving

from the top of a treehouse

to the bottom

when suddenly

on the way down 

the slide

turns into someone's insides

and you're running your fingers

along the walls of her womb

 

Listen to the audio recording here:

The Shift by Indrani Perera

 

This poem appears in Pas De Deux, Indrani Perera's second collection of poetry.

A big thank you to Michelle McCowage whose brilliant poem inspired this poem.

 

 



  • Indrani Perera is a poet, publisher of the Pocketry Almanack and maker of useful things living in Melbourne, Australia. She is passionate about using natural materials and traditional methods to make the things she needs.

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Indrani lives on Wurrundjeri Country in Naarm (Melbourne, Australia)
and she acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land.
Sovereignty was never ceded and she pays the rent.



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