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Flame Bowerbird

January 25, 2025
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I am
the bowerbird of flame
entranced by the rainforest

almost indecent, you see beyond skin
deeper than marrow
deeper in ghost

laway strings

let me nestle in your lung’s capillaries
tuck me in to your grey matter,
I’ll make myself at home

drink deep
from the pulse of my pupils

You, reader.
You are exactly
where I want you.

watch my humantics
my rhythmic blaze
how I dare danger

then I’ll
untog
untog untog
untog

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J. Marahuyo

J. Marahuyo is a Filipino-Australian emerging poet currently residing on Dharug country. She explores themes of identity, mental health and the power of vulnerability. Her debut collection 4:37am; crying gorgeously will launch in early 2025, WestWords Books. Her work can be found in Cordite Poetry Review, in ZineWest and features in numerous anthologies. When she’s not writing she is pspsp-ing cats, or getting on the wrong train.

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