(taxi box)
code red
smoke hazed
&
gusto take away
burning lips
nothing shades
korakrit’s
flowing
straggly bleached hair
framing
his lean torso
arms stretched wide open
torn faded denim wings
backdrop crowd
step step side to side
hip hop shoot moves
single arms circle the air
dancing
on a metro square
bordered by highrise
all grey-blue hazy
let the videos begin
painting with history
in a room
filled with people
with funny names
the entire studio
is in a taxi box
parked on a street
near the bunker
meet us
at the taxi box
corner something
& something streets
gusto coffee
swirls steam
across your lenses
double fogged
high definition equipment
looks softer
red conductor insulation
appears salmony
orange equals ochre
yellow stays yellow
everyone waits
to hear
something human
or to hear
you say something
human
hello how are you
& so on
indifference
to – (keyword) –
‘empathy’
&
anything ‘new normal’
you’re screaming
a silent scream cliché
to quit this abstract
descriptive thing
but you can’t
Note: ‘painting with history/in a room/filled with people/with funny names’
– title of an hd video by Korakrit Arunanondchai, 2015
(snatch)
for Liam Ferney
like
when you get a feeling
that you can
snatch a sonnet
out of the air
tropical gecko 10pm
is sub trop rat 11pm
& anyway
11.10 pm
ringtail possum
ghosts a satellite cable
Pam Brown, a dedicated amateur, has published many books – most recently click here for what we do (Vagabond Press, 2018). She is a Sydneysider living on Gadigal land.
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