Eight Phases

by Zenobia Frost

new
sky-appointed
ghost laureate
 
waxing crescent
too tough to approach
in its leather jacket
 
waxing gibbous
the moment before
her whole hand
 
full
a fresh thumb-tack
pins up your future
 
waning gibbous
falling asleep
on a mouthful of words
 
waning crescent
I’ll show you my good side
 
envoi: eclipse
god runs solar
system updates
 
             all her futures
             backwards compatible
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Zenobia Frost is a poet from Brisbane whose latest collection, After the Demolition, unpacks the sharehouses of Brisbane. She won the 2020 Wesley Michel Wright Award and Queensland Premier’s Young Publishers and Writers Award, and has performed across Australia. She loves to watch Fixer Upper.