Is That Us
By Ben Salter, Vacant Dragon à la Subverted Lips
Published 29 February 2024
Aries
Accept
Drop off
Substitutes
Socks
Accept
Lighthouse
Substitutes
Stop
Second
Sectioned
I
Second cousins
Fourth cousin
Distance
Even keel
Drowning
Drowning
The blue
Blueness
Pairsofeyes
Ice cream
Running away
Destitute
Defect
Bestiary
Absence
Fonder
Henry
Honda
Father
Coercion
Complaint
Litigant
Baseless
Repelling
Mosquito
Attraction
Blood levels
Blood types
Heat
Omega
Small man
Alpha
Smaller man
Beta
Video
Console
Condom
Protection
Skin
Viagra
Often
Hire car
Escape
Accoutrements
Olives
Drink holders
Martinis
Soup
Trouble
Soupy
Salty
Happy
Absence
Happy
Returning
Recursion
Escape
Dinosaur
Junior
Bobby Bare
Bobby Brown
A pair of brown eyes
Staring
Watching
Stalker
Seen
Lust
Scene
Sausage
Fest
Festival
Pass
Vulture
Backstage
Backstabber
Back stage
Back stabber
Backstage
Pass
Journey
Germany
Almanya
À la carte
Carte blanche
Trolley
Dim sim
Dim switch
Nintendo Switch
Childhood
Poverty
Adulthood
Poverty
Of ideas
Dearth
Dirk
Hammered
Footnote: this poem was created using the Between-the-action constraint as the starting point. This transcript was recorded 1st November 2022 at North Wollongong Rock Pool on Dhawaral Country.