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JULIE CHEVALIER

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     Fertility

You hugged your beliefs through the phases

of the moon, until adolescence spun

you onto whirling casements

 

where solemn magicians

fertilised fish eggs with newts ...

a gulf helped you navigate strange

 

nocturnal passages where you discovered

wonder under hedges from mimicry's

primordial stash.

 

You, the only wanderer in Golgotha

without a partner, in the garden near the pool

as the bronze statues of dancers hide.

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Julie Chevalier writes poetry and short stories in Sydney. Her work has appeared in Island, Southerly, Blue Dog, Meanjin, Overland, Snorkel and Poetrix.