By Julian Matthews
Introducing a new series of poems by Julian Matthews. Julian is a writer and Pushcart-nominated poet published in The American Journal of Poetry, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Borderless Journal, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Dream Catcher Magazine, Live Encounters Magazine, Lothlorien Poetry Journal and The New Verse News, among others. He is a mixed-race minority from Malaysia and lived in Ipoh for seven years. Currently based in Petaling Jaya, he is a media trainer and consultant for senior management of multinationals on Effective Media Relations, Social Media and Crisis Communications. He was formerly a journalist with The Star and Nikkei Business Publications Inc
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Two luminescent udders flipped over,
machine-milked dry by a parliament of howls.
A pack of wool-pulling wolves suckling
on Lupa like abandoned nuts forgetting
their skins.
Soiled rootless sons, twin thieves,
self-knighted shepherds of this muddy
estuary.
Bickering brothers strutting shamanic credentials,
holier-than-thou narcissistic mummies’
boys.
Between them a bridge, an out-of-tune mouth
organ, harmonica without harmony, spread-legged,
vulnerable state of a union.
Below them, glistening, multi-coloured waters
that connects us all, reflecting stars, or even
the whole moon some nights, unseen
by the light of these oily days, this greasy
city.
First published in anthology Malaysian Places and Spaces, Maya Press, and available on Gerakbudaya at https://www.gerakbudaya.com/product/malaysian-places-and-spaces-poems-maya-press
