Philton: Uniform Solution
Uniform Solution
Trees are green through window bars
Dimitri paces from wall to wall
I’d like to know who’s in my head
White uniforms demand servility
Dimitri paces from wall to wall
Larry saw the cuckoo’s nest
White uniforms demand servility
We swallow coloured straitjackets
Larry saw the cuckoo’s nest
We patients are bottles with labels
We swallow coloured straitjackets
At 6am nude line for showers
We patients are bottles with labels
The headphones are not for music
At 6am nude line for showers
Peter choked vomit from his secret pills
The headphones are not for music
I’d like to know who’s in my head
Peter choked vomit from his secret pills
Trees are green through window bars
Philton
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
Aug 29 2024
6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
Aug 20 2024
23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
Aug 16 2024
2 mins