A Very Special Relationship
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‘Nothing could stop the rocket, short of an anchor, just nothing could stop the escape of a penny balloon if released from the lips’
— Ivan Southall
Melting heat across panels
flung out of rich sources
possessed to mine.
While engaged to Nolan
this affair will end
in separation via a jar of solvent
behind a suspended security curtain.
Who coined the term?
For the sake of documentation
it must be noted
there is no more paint
the tubes were feverishly gnawed
at via fission and fusion.
Vapour ascends through a pine frame
touching sounds of deep roars
from trains, motorcars, rifle fire
all other evidence is scheduled to be shadowy.
A disaster or any very newsworthy event
contracts a town to the media
events often known as a killing or murder or something.
Who coined the term?
Woomera is not vague
the village is a social experiment
an air-conditioned oasis with oysters Kilpatrick.
Mercurial wires linking
into the layer cake of English myth
so secretly intoxicating
like a benefactor
gazing upon a landscape drama
with the blistering shimmer of lagoons
and arid mirages streaming into income.
Who coined the term?
The scope of kittens, rats, and vixens
termed for firing conditions
and the unnatural feeling of departing a lover’s bed
all remains are buried beneath the sand.
If a small child were to pick up a portion of balloon fabric
the Australian Government would be embarrassed
such adaptability is considered marvellous
like the noxious beauty of oleanders.
An open negative tacked onto flaking wallpaper
all for the sake of an information plaque.
Who coined the term?
The concrete structures once
housed launcher cameras for recording
what happened when things lit up with flames
a scene from hell and the flood
approved by the committee
quite a tourist rocker moment.
The tower was built on the side of the lake
for the rocket’s airflow to woosh
over and across the water
causing no environmental damage neither here nor other planets.
A scientist’s wife speaks
no reports of the results
just more steel tables
as this is still an operational morgue
alongside sanitised instruments.
Who coined the term?
When you split the nucleus
a factor of millions is gained
reflecting against an abandoned giftshop window.
The recreation of home comforts
mother in the kitchen
father pulling up flower beds.
You may have a garden here
London has run out of trees
take a seat and wipe your mouth clean for Nolan’s kiss.