Coral Hull: Prose: Vegan, Vegas: 53. the tall poppy is out, the low lying desert shrub is in

I MACKENZIE KNIGHT I A CHILD OF WRATH A GOD OF LOVE I FALLEN ANGELS EXPOSED I

CORAL HULL: VEGAN, VEGAS
53. the tall poppy is out, the low lying desert shrub is in

in the australian 'literary scene', if anything stands out above the desert horizon, they chop it down to size, so that it lies low & flat, they like the mediocre, the ironing board attitude, nothing requiring too much emotional energy or rocking the surf mat, the tall poppy is out, the low lying desert shrub is in, poetry as an artform is never allowed to fully emerge, it's chopped off at the lower stem, so that it falls thousands of kilometres, through the dry & dusty inland air, so that it comes down to earth, in a continent too sleepy for creativity, the desert shrubs below wait for the composting process to begin, if you're 'any good', you are told to go quietly beneath the soil, but this desert shrubbery has adapted well, it has its own way of achieving, of carefully concealing its own great merits, a process of considered growth in a harsh australian climate, the endangered tall poppies can learn from this, whilst you're in this country, best to take it easy mate, it's too hot to grow too tall anyway, but if you must, best to hide it all expertly, like the shrubs do, proliferate all over the continent, but keep the expansion underground

    

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