Jake Goetz


Urban gardening

empty gatorade
fire: hole and
another, cut hose
put in hole w/
aluminium foil
mould: poke hole
fill w/ water, sprinkle
bush, cover other hole
w/ thumb, ignite, inhale
release thumb, wait
… exhale
hit in the back
of the head
with numb

Jake Goetz grew up in the southern suburbs of Sydney. He has spent much of the last 3 years in Europe where he has lived in Munich, Germany and Graz, Austria. He currently studies Creative Writing at the University of Wollongong and is working on a chapbook.
 
 
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