2. Affronted.
3. Pissed.
4. Caught. 
5. Engrossed.
6. Devo. 
7. Repentant. 
8. Alive. Thank God. 
9. Committed.
10. In love. 
11. Fearful.
12. Can you guess?
1. Soup in a bowl. Vegetables pile in the centre.
2. Photographs. Mine, others, colours, light.
3. Hot shower. Water hitting chest, slick and warming stomach.
4. Honey in tea. It glitters.
5. Foaming toothpaste. Making clean, making fresh.
6. Retainer. Keeping the snaggletooth at bay.
7. Flowers. Out there somewhere.
8. Grey clouds. Pathetic fallacy.
9. Bed. Sinking warmth, however temporary.
10. Shut eyes. Everything stops.
Sometimes I wish I was going to Bonnie Doon. Usually I'm just going to Toowoomba. The sights have surprised me lately, though. Probably, I suspect, because they've always been there and I've only just noticed.
Nature being nature.
Nature being interrupted by humans and their inventions.
Highway swirling into mound of grass and tree,
Just before the sun is gone, when the trees are smudges of ink.
It was Friday so I went and sat next to him. He was sitting on a rock eating a sandwich, biting right into the middle of the triangle half and getting jam on the corners of his mouth. I sat on the ground. There was red dirt everywhere, especially on my socks because I sat with my legs crossed. I told him I loved him. I told him it was Saturday the next day and he could meet me at the park if he wanted to, after lunch, I’d bring some biscuits, we could play Tazos or have jumping competitions in the sand. He said no. The next week he didn’t come to school. He had the nits. I asked another boy to the park. Lachlan. He said yes.
1. Jump in the shower. This is a great idea, especially before you jump into bed. Just make sure you check that there is hot water before you get all naked and wet. Otherwise you will be naked and wet and blue.
2. Pee on your hand. As a warm-blooded creature, it is your God-given right to produce warm urine that can be used to thaw frozen fingers or toes. In fact, why not pee all over everything. Your knees, ankles, plush inner thighs. Pee into a cup and pour it over your face. Pour it over your housemate’s face. Keep them warm too. Don’t be selfish.
3. Become an Eskimo. They’re really good at keeping warm. You’ll be able to write an even better list than this.
4. Get naked. This would appear, at first thought, to be rather counter-intuitive, but, provided someone else is naked too, you can, together with the other nakey person, create body heat through maintenance of close body contact. This is a proven method that probably works most effectively in conjunction with blankets. It may also be fun too. Try shimmying.
5. Eat a roast chicken. If you’re vegetarian, eat a lettuce leaf. It won’t make you warm, but it will persuade you to bite the proverbial bullet and eat a roast chicken or a large, stripy mammal, such as a zebra.
6. Become an alcoholic. Drink everything straight and take comfort in the burn as you warm from the inside out. This one could be pricey and detrimental to other areas of your life. But hey, you’ll be too drunk to notice, so go for it.
7. Wear a onesie. Ain’t no wind gonna get up your sleeves or down your pants. Only if you go fence-jumping or tree-climbing and tear the bum-flap on a wayward branch are you going to feel any sort of chill. Plus, you’ll look just way too cute and receive so many warming hugs from friends and strangers alike that you won’t even remember the meaning of cool.
8. Migrate. Like the birds do.
