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AIRWAYS AND COMPLEX KINSHIP SYSTEMS

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AIRWAYS

MISSED MY FLIGHT PLEASE PICK UP THE PHONE MY CALL
CANNOT HOLD THE BAGS THERE’S LIKE TOO MANY BAGS SO
MANY BAGS WALKING OUT WITH SO SO MANY BAGS
WALKING OUT THE DOOR TO THE BAGS SORRY WITH BAGS
STOMPING OUT THE DOOR WITH ALL MY BAGS AND BAGS
WHY DID YOU PUT A TINY BOTTLE OF GIN IN MY BAG
WALKING OUT THE DOOR WITH YOUR GIN IN MY BAG I
THINK IT’S HEAVY BECAUSE OF THE BOTTLE OF GIN IN MY
FRONT BAG POCKET POKING OUT LIKE A CHARM WALKING
OUT OF YOUR APARTMENT IN SANS SOUCI WHAT IS A TINY
BOTTLE OF GIN BAG IN THE FRONT POCKET LOOK OUT THE
CABIN WINDOW ON PARAMATTA AIRWAYS PARAMATTA
AIRWAYS IMAGINE PARAMATTA AIRLINES WITH A GIN
POCKET IN MY SECURITY LINE OF SIGHTFIELD BACK TO
FAIRFIELD FORGET THE AIRPORT OR THE AIRFIELD EENSIE
WEENSIE POCKET CARE LINES IN THE GINFIELDS SANS
SOUCI OCTOPUSSY POSTER BEHIND YOUR DOOR WALKING
OUT WITH YOUR BOTTLE DRAGGING THE FLOOR IT’S KINDA
FUNNY HOW COMICALLY IS TINY BOTTLE EXTREMELY
LITTLE TINY PRINT BOMBAY SAPPHIRE BOTTLE PLASTIC
WATER BOTTLE TINY SAPHIRRA LITTLE BOTTLE FROM YOUR
APARTMENT FRIDGE IN SANS SOUCI BATHING IN
CHEMTRAILS M5 TO SANS SOUCI
DROWNING IN CHEMISTRY BY BRIGHTON LE SANDS SANS
SOUCI SO PUSHY IN BRIGHTON AND THE SANDS WHEN
WILL WE TALK ABOUT MONTEREY IF AT ALL ABOUT
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN THE MONTEREY OF IT ALL THE
DOLLS COMPASS MUST ALWAYS POINT TO ALL TAXI
THROUGH TARMACS ALL THE WAY TO MONTEREY
POINTING ME TO THE BATHROOM DOWN THE HALL
ATTACK OF THE FIFTY FOOT WOMAN POSTER, HEY
BEHIND THE DOOR TO THE RIGHT OF THE HALL DOLLS
POINT AS A SUBURB NAME IS CRAZY WORK MONTEREY
BEACH BATHING IN MICROPLASTICS DOLLS POINT
BEACH POINTING TO MICROPLASTIQUES SHOUTING A
CHEMISTRY WITH BRIGHTON THE SANS SANDS SOUCI SO
SAUDI SIBERIA SARAJEVO SANTIAGO SHENZHEN
SULTANGAZI SHREVEPORT SUKABUMI SANS SALVADOR
SANDS MARINO SAN PETERSBURG SAINTS SANDS SANS
MARCHING SAINTS MARCHING OH WHEN THE SAINTS
MARCHING ON THE TARMAC MARCHING ON THE
TARMAC OH MARCH IN TARMAC AIRFIELDS SPITTING
SHRAPNEL OFF THE TARMAC SHARDS, SHRAPNEL,
COUNTRY RD. BAG AT TARMAC ONE HUNDRED GRAMS
FEEL LIKE A HUNDRED TONS MARCHING OUT YOUR
APARTMENT ONTO TARMAC IT’S LIKE REALLY FUNNY
HOW CLAIRO IS PLAYING RN AS THE MARCHING
PROCESSION GOES TO TARMAC
LIKE LITERALLY THIS HAPPENED TO ME FOR REAL
CLAIRO PLAYING COLOMBO CARACAS COLORADO
CURACAO CHIANG MAI AND CHIBA TO CULVER CITY
CARTAGENA CEBU CHISINAU CONSTANTINOPLE CAN’T
BELIEVE CLAIRO IS PLAYING AS I WALK THE CITY
LITERALLY WALKING THE CITY WITH YOUR BAGS
WALKING OUT THE CITY IN THIS COUNTRY ROAD BAG IS
IT YOUR BAGS OR ARE THEY MY BAGS NOW? IS IT
AIRWAYS OR ARE THEY MY WAYS NOW?
ROAD OVER COUNTRIES WIND INSTRUMENT ON
LAND FOR COUNTRY IS AIR AS COUNTRY IS LAND
WATER TOO AND THE ELEMENTS WE CANNOT FARE
WINDY WINDY EVERY TIME YOU MAKE ME LAUGH
I THIRST FOR I YEARN FOR THE SALT OFF MY BACK
FIRE FIRE EVERY TIME YOU CARESS MY HIP
I CLING TO I LOOK TO THE SALT ON YOUR TIP
ECHO UNCONTROLLABLY LOVE TOO OPENLY
WALKING OUT THE DOOR WITH EVERY BAG
YOU DON’T CARE THAT I HAVE THIS MANY BAG OR DO
YOU CARE THAT I HAVE THIS MANY BAG COUNTRY
ROAD DUFFLE BAG I GOT AT THE OP SHOP SUCH
HEAVY COUNTRY ROAD CANVAS DUFFLE BAG
EXCEEDING THE WEIGHT LIMIT ONE HUNDRED
GRAMS OVER THE LIMIT IT IS FAR TOO MUCH FOR THE
JET IT IS FAR TOO MUCH TO SHOOT INTO THE STARS
THE JETS THE STARS DEAR GOD THE JETS AND STARS
THEY CANNOT TAKE ONE HUNDRED GRAMS
SO I FLOAT EACH GRAM INTO EPHEMERA BITS
AND WHENEVER WE REJOICE I GROW MY TITS

CRYING AT CUSTOMS CIGARETTES IN MY SOCKS KINGSFORD
SMITH FEELS LIKE A BRUTAL LOSS KISSING IN COPENHAGEN
STOCKHOLM VIA SHANGHAI SURFING IN SEATTLE SOMEHOW
SINGING THROUGH SAHARA NEVER BEEN, BUT SICILY
REMINDS ME OF SULAWESI NEVER BEEN, BUT SYDNEY
REMINDS ME OF SICILY SOUTH CELEBES SEA SAILING
CENTRE CITY SUMBAWA SOUTH TAIWANESE SEA SAILING
CONTROL SANTA ANA SANA’A XI’AN DAR ES SALAAM IATA
CODE SIA SIA BRUNEI DARUSSALAM, HAINAN, AMMAN,
JEDDAH, ISAN SO DEFENSIVE IN SICILY, IN OUR APARTMENT
IN SICILY SO DEFENSIVE IN SULAWESI, OUR APARTMENT IN
SULAWESI SET SAIL IN BARCELONA MORE LESS HAIL IN
ANKARA ACROSS IBERIAN COASTLINES ALL MOROCCAN
STRAITS BALKAN BOUNDARIES HELSINKI HAIR ON YOUR
CHEST CORSICA, SARDINIA, AND MONACO AND ANDORRA
CASABLANCA MÁLAGA ALGIERS AND CAGLIARI THEN TO
NICE TUNIS TUNISIA TIKTOK DISTRACTION AS IN TO NICE
COMMA FRANCE NOT TUNISIA TUNIS LIKE IF IT WAS TIRANA,
TIANJIN, OR TEOTIHUACÁN
IT KINDA WOULD BE TOYAMA, TALINN, OR TEGUCIGALPA
MAKES ME REMEMBER THAT THE AIRWAYS TOO
THE AIRWAYS THE WATERWAYS ATMOSPHERE SOUP
CRUISE SHIPS IN ARGENTINIAN ANTARCTIC WATERS
AIRWAYS WATERWAYS ICEWAYS REYKJAVIC ICELAND
WHICH IS NOT NAMED THAT BECAUSE OF THE ICE BTW
ITS POLITICAL, ITS ALWAYS POLITICAL DOWN MAMA
SUPER POLITICALLY CHARGED ECOCHOSMA MAMA
MANNA FROM HEAVEN TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMAMA FIUMICINO
FRANKFURT FLUGHAFEN FUKUSHIMA MAMA FLAURA AND FAUNA
FANTASTIC FLINTA FAMILY TWO MAMA METEOR SHOWER SATTELITE
SHRAPNEL ABOVE THE DRAMA MAMA SO MUCH DRAMA MAMA I
CANNOT HANDLE THE DRAMA MAMA LIKE SMOKE THROUGH MY
AIRWAYS TAINTING THE WATERWAYS BURIED IN THE GROUNDWAYS TO
THE CORE FIREWAYS SOARING HIGH IN OVERWAYS HAND ON MY
CHEEK ALL DAY HOLD ME THROUGH THE GATEWAYS YOU WATCH
WHILE I STARE ON MY SACRED BLOODWAYS I KNOW HOW YOU CARE
PINE GAP SATELLITES THERE ARE PINE GAPS AND SATELLITES
THEY’RE FLOATING THEY’RE RAINING OVER YOUR STEEL AND RITES
RAINING SO RAINY OVER SULAWESI IN SICILY ONCE AGAIN
SHOWERING LOTS OF DEBRIS AND MICROPLASTIC GLITTERING LIGHTS
BEAMING ECHOES OF IMAGES SMILING ACROSS THE HOT TUB SEE THE
WORLD THROUGH A BLURRY LENS, IT IS ITCHY, I RUB RUB-A-DUB,
RUB-A-DUB, CLOUDY VISIONS OF RAIN IN SYDNEY AGAIN SORRY IT’S
HORNY, BUT I’M SO CORNY, CRYING FOR YOU IN THE CLUB

COMPLEX KINSHIP SYSTEMS

ARM AROUND ME IN FRONT OF YOUR MOTHER LIKE I’M HER ONLY  
DAUGHTER, SHE HAS PORRIDGE IN HER MOUTH SHE HAS A NEW HOUSE  
DOWN SOUTH. ARM AROUND ME IN FRONT OF YOUR SISTER LIKE I’M HER  
PRECIOUS GIRLHOOD, SHE MUSES HER THOUGHTS TO ME SHE HAS A NEW  
MOLESKINE DIARY. ARM AROUND ME IN FRONT OF YOUR LOVER LIKE I’M  
HER MIRRORING REFLECTION, SHE RESTS HER HEAD ON MY LAP SHE  
WHISPERS PROPHECIES FROM APPS.

SHE ASKS IF YOU TAKE CARE OF ME SHE ASKS IF I’LL TAKE CARE OF HER,  
YOU TAKE CARE OF ME I WILL ALWAYS I ALWAYS TAKE CARE OF HER. SHE
ASKS IF I TAKE CARE OF YOU, SHE ASKS IF I’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. YOU  
TAKE CARE OF SHE, I WILL TAKE CARE OF HER, YES, I WILL TAKE CARE. SHE  
ASKS IF SHE TAKES CARE OF ME, SHE ASKS IF WE TAKE CARE OF SHE. IF I AM  
SHE, THEN SHE IS ME, IF YOU THINK YOU CARE, WELL SO DOES SHE.