considered foundational in the central tantric
yoga of burning the inner fury-fire from the navel
centre of the yogin, to melt the innermost subtle
drops of awareness, which then flow down to suffuse
the throat and heart with bliss
I was trying to figure out how to stay
sane while being poor
enough to have nightmares
after hours of insomnia
creates a world where all the supermarkets
are shut the same way
public hospitals shut wards and say
it's temporary in benign voices
It wasn't that he was mercurial
although he liked to think she fancied
his intellect,
the idea he had winged feet,
that he flew through the night and by morning
looked so mild
Alison Eastley live in Tasmania, Australia with James and Nick, my two teenage sons, Snoop the happy-happy dog and Sunny the black cat as well.