After the
revolution

it will
be the

spies &
sleeper agents
& silent
sympathizers

that
I will

execute first

for
how can I
trust
those

who have
for so
long

success-
fully

lived
a lie.

…

Mark Young was born in Aotearoa / New Zealand but now lives in a small town in North Queensland in Australia. He is the author of more than sixty books, the most recent of which is with the slow-paced turtle replaced by a fast fish, published by Sandy Press in May, 2023. A free downloadable pdf of visuals & poems, Mercator Projected, will be published by Half Day Moon Press later this year.