An excerpt from

_ T H O U   S A N D _
By Michael Farrell • December 2011 • $3
Design by Eric Butler

"like kaf-"

ka no-
one can stand the sounds stan-
ding up head out the win-
dow get-
ting a-
long on feet most-
ly fa-
shion in parts like pa-
ris ap-
pa-
rent-
ly some-
times you on-
ly feel it in the su-
burbs in the sun-

Michael Farrell grew up in Bombala on the Monaro in S.E. N.S.W. (not to be confused with the Martian crater); it is now known as "Platypus country." His books include _ode ode_, _a raiders guide_, the graphic poetry book _BREAK ME OUCH_, _Out of the Box: Contemporary Australian Gay and Lesbian Poets_ (co-edited with Jill Jones), and most recently _thempark_. Michael lives in Fitzroy in the inner north of Melbourne.