Beach Front - by Ellen van Neerven

Poetry
Written By Ellen van Neerven
ISLAND | ISSUE 160
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I have written a manifesto
already. It did not include your singing
when you know I’m listening. You tell me to buy
better sunglasses. I like the way the light leaks
into yours. I spot yalingbila blow
while you dab my bites
with teatree. I thought
nothing could distract me from the neoliberal
violence of the occupation.
I try to incorporate some colour in my holiday
decide blak is enough. ▼

This poem appeared in Island 160 in 2020. Order a print issue here.

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Ellen van Neerven

Ellen van Neerven is the author of the newly released Throat, a highly anticipated follow-up to the award-winning Comfort Food and Heat and Light. EvN lives and writes on Turrbal and Yugera country and their ancestral home is Mununjali Yugambeh country.

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