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Rasy Bayu
‘wetlands’
.
wetlands cream coil fibres pinned
on a body upright
i want to hold hands with your
pale green serrations
listen to the flickers of wings at dusk
screening out times
when our limbs buckle from fear
changes that come much too quick
hold your shedding skin as it peels
beige and brown like papyrus
into the tea tree lakes
there is nobody to protect us
from contamination
rinse the metallic bruising
with oils crushed from leaves
and i want to watch over you
like seedpods emerging
ramble over the vines
but these roads stretch like mountains
melting against the lilac
my heels dig against rubber
asphalt, concrete,
it's all the same
rasy bayu is a 1.25th indonesian-australian writer based in meanjin (brisbane), their poetry has found homes in buah zine, subbed in/ibis house, journals of love and literature, and no purchase.
Rasy is featured in our issue 01 print . Get your copy here!