bombay beach by bath

makes me wonder if
in lieu of
is recommended for mature audiences

they might say instead
look out! for you might
open up a vein of memory

immersing yourself unexpectedly in the
leaching out of every past happiness,
returning to the amniotic place

of great sadness from which we are all born.

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By Eleanor Jackson

Eleanor Jackson is a Filipino Australian poet, performer, arts producer, cyclist, writer, gal about town, feminist, freewheeler, and friend.

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