Bakowski, Peter

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SEEING A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN THE STREETSHer direction becomesyour direction.NAVIGATING INSOMNIAColumbus may have discovered America but I found whiskeybehind the cornflakes at 4 a.m.INVENTION OF THE UMBRELLA The ideaof the bicycle wheel and the flower petal married on a sketchboard one rainy night.WRITER'S BLOCKThey've gone and built a dam right in the middle of my stream of consciousness.THE NEW MELANCHOLIAOn a dusty shelf in the lost property office, a mobile phone is ringing....OBSERVATION NUMBER FIVEDucks have gotjust the right amountof pride.THE TRAPEZE ARTISTHer flirtation with death grows bolder and bolder: our fingers squirm deeper into our buttered popcorn.THE PROCRASTINATORHe'd just got going the day he died.SNAILTime sulking upon a leaf.COUNTRY ROADHairpin bend. Headlights frisk a tree.CROAK At nightyou can hear the frogs scolding gravity.THE COMMITTEE’S DECISIONThere they were: the neighbor's kids, setting fire to my welcome mat.THE HISTORY OF RIPPLESWith hunger, the idea of bread begins.NOSTALGIAAssumingafoetal position.—  Peter BakowskiEast Melbourne Australia160

The New Melancholia

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The New Melancholia

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