by Jackson Machado-Nunes
sits hugged by a rope in the waters of Mo’orea French Polynesia within the pitchless hum of the ocean she is the largest coral i adopted a blushing savannah brown a colour you surely would have worn. we all have different ways of keeping you alive some of us still mourn you some light a candle for you around your birthday and Christmas and the anniversary of your death some of us probably avoid thinking of you altogether attempting to move on in a way as swiftly as it seemed you left. i never cried i never attended your funeral over zoom but my views on death after all are a little alt-left but what i did know was that coral gives our planet half of our oxygen so i bought Earth a coral named it after you i felt it only fitting as on many occasions we were forced to steal extra breaths because our language together was laughter. Jackson is a Meanjin based non-binary poet with a passion for Mother Earth, and a mission to see queer representation become commonplace in Australia. They’re currently studying a BFA at QUT, where they were a co-chairperson of the QUT Literary Salon. Find their work on Instagram @deku.eku
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Lina
6/12/2021 06:29:16 pm
This is the most beautiful thing I’ve ever read
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Tori
15/12/2021 09:18:57 pm
This is so perfectly beautiful 🥺
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Hunter
1/1/2022 11:50:15 pm
your poetry is beautiful
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