Sunlight shining through some horizontal blinds

MUDDLED AND OTHER SANDWICH FILLINGS

a vacuum somewhere
or should it be a lawnmower?
attempts to wake me
but it has been a while since
i collected enough parts of myself
to leave
bed.

i think somewhere i am walking across
potato fields
or it could be snow covered
mountains
either/or, i am
away.

you can’t mess up in a
foreign language
mistakes are learning
i am still confused but
maybe you would say
upset.

a drop of sun breaks the fast
i seem to be holding,
and for a moment,
with my eyelids lighting paths of fireworks beneath the light
i can imagine myself
waking.

We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Woroni, Woroni Radio and Woroni TV are created, edited, published, printed and distributed. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that the name Woroni was taken from the Wadi Wadi Nation without permission, and we are striving to do better for future reconciliation.