‘homoe’ is part of a six-poet series presented alongside NIDANights in the Peril x NIDA Melbourne event collaboration, ‘You Are Not Here’.
homoe
she blowdries her hair the same time as vacuuming
she thinks the leaves are coming in
she wears orange as if it is home, if not home then a home in knowing
she means what she wants when she says her time has passed
she asks me to take her skirt off when we kiss in the spare room
she asks me to put ½ teaspoon more cream in her coffee
she asks me how I feel when I wake and she is all I feel
she lives in water like water is our author
she holds my hand with three fingers and a thumb
she misses a spot as she vacuums and she returns