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Mark Mordue
Sep 05, 2025
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Some big ghosts 
walk the foreshore with me 
I look for their names on stones 
admire the crude and predatory birds 
the way couples hold hands 
winter jackets pulled up warm 
to their necks 
the lights reflected like 
painters paint them 
listening myself 
to a song called 
‘Doomsday Childsplay’
walking like I’m a king 
just because the music gives me …

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