Rilke
the young bend their knees to the floor
they love & love again in their
loneliness each time squandering
their whole nature & living in
inexpressible fear for the
freedom of the other person
or they love & love again in
their loneliness which compels them
into their own fear of freedom
the fear that waits & pushes them
back & forth so that they sink to
the floor which receives them hard &
unyielding though they long for love
& love again in their loneliness
Judy Annear is a writer living in Australia on the land of the Dja Dja Wurrung of the Kulin nation, never ceded. She is Honorary (Fellow) at the School of Culture and Communications, University of Melbourne. A small book of experimental texts THE Ls was published 2019.
