A person of deep conviction & principled
choices was unable to be reached yesterday
following an ugly confrontation at Brisbane
Airport’s most exclusive lounge. Blame has
now been apportioned; but you can’t just
point at everything that uses a Merkle tree &
call them blockheads or blockchain. Skilful
players use synonyms to avoid repeating
themselves, especially those accustomed
to the violincello. Please set your watches
for the return bout. We always back the fish.

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Mark Young was born in Aotearoa New Zealand but now lives in a small town on traditional Juru land in North Queensland, Australia. He is the author of more than sixty-five books, primarily text poetry but also including speculative fiction, vispo, memoir, and art history. His most recent books are a pdf, Mercator Projected, published by Half Day Moon Press (Turkey) in August 2023; Ley Lines II published by Sandy Press (California) in November 2023; un saut de chat published by Otoliths Books (Australia) in February 2024; and Melancholy, a James Tate Poetry Prize winner, published by SurVision Books (Ireland) in March 2024.