Author: Kylie Chan
Cites
- Kylie Chan (2)
- IN: Demon Child (2014) Fiction, Australian
EPIGRAPH: The Serpent drifts between torture and nightmare
Unconsciousness its only escape
It seeks the Turtle's cool respite
Its cries receive no answer
The Turtle blocks the Serpent's pain
The future looms with blood and death
Children scream with grief and rage
Their murdered parents do not respond.
FROM: NULL, (2014), Poem, Australia
- IN: Hell to Heaven (2010) Fiction, Australian
EPIGRAPH: The Turtle raises its head above the water
and watches the glittering coloured lights
beneath the blazing stars of the Northern
Heavens, wondering why it is there.
The Serpent chokes on the polluted water,
drifting to the bottom amid the mud and
oil, listening to the many engines moving
overhead.
They cry. There is no answer.
FROM: NULL, (2010), Poem, Australia
Cited by
- Kylie Chan (2)
- IN: Demon Child (2014) Fiction, Australian
EPIGRAPH: The Serpent drifts between torture and nightmare
Unconsciousness its only escape
It seeks the Turtle's cool respite
Its cries receive no answer
The Turtle blocks the Serpent's pain
The future looms with blood and death
Children scream with grief and rage
Their murdered parents do not respond.
FROM: NULL, (2014), Poem, Australia
- IN: Hell to Heaven (2010) Fiction, Australian
EPIGRAPH: The Turtle raises its head above the water
and watches the glittering coloured lights
beneath the blazing stars of the Northern
Heavens, wondering why it is there.
The Serpent chokes on the polluted water,
drifting to the bottom amid the mud and
oil, listening to the many engines moving
overhead.
They cry. There is no answer.
FROM: NULL, (2010), Poem, Australia