Ampersand (November)

November is the ampersand between documenting & filesave. December is the ampersand between frost & heatwave. January is the ampersand between breakup & first term. February is the ampersand between relaxed mode & firm. March is the ampersand between bushfire & cool. April is the ampersand between outdoor & indoor pool. May is the ampersand between mozzie & flu attacks. June is the ampersand between earnings & tax. July is the ampersand between conference plans & debriefing. August is the ampersand between leafless and leafing. September’s the ampersand between doodle & cram. October is the ampersand between holiday & exam.

 

Ampersand (November)

 

November is the ampersand between documenting & filesave.

December is the ampersand between frost & heatwave.

 

January is the ampersand between breakup & first term.

February is the ampersand between relaxed mode & firm. 

 

March is the ampersand between bushfire & cool.

April is the ampersand between outdoor & indoor pool.

 

May is the ampersand between mozzie & flu attacks.

June is the ampersand between earnings & tax.

 

July is the ampersand between conference plans & debriefing.

August is the ampersand between leafless and leafing.

 

September’s the ampersand between doodle & cram.

October is the ampersand between holiday & exam.

Ampersand (February)

In our heads the poles melt & New York’s an ice museum. Our talk shifts over rising tides & the reflective Book of Revelation. But outside beyond Alphington sunset takes hours & the cats moon. We let evening evenly take its course & settle into our stodge of does & don’ts. Writing takes hold, with paradisal choice of verbs & hurried ampersands. Or reading arrives at the frontier of Bohemia & over into Emperor Rudolf’s roseate universe. Or washing-up inspires drying epigrams of day & bubble reveries. Or tiredness reports in & transports us from February for nine secure hours.

Ampersand

Mischievous black matchmakers

Joining that which was not joined together,

Leaving them tied up that way

Forever.

Imps.

Marvellous slack half hitches

Twisting this way then retwisted together,

Weaving then bound up to say

Meaning

Knots.

Miniscule block macropods

Bounding the field that they bind together,

Cleaving parts rounding to play

Mercurial

Games.