Convocation mountain
The school of forest medicine has
a thing for strumpfhose & those
initiation rituals of the medieval
guilds such as a slew of bobble heads
or zany ukulele ephemera. Its origins
are unclear. Some scholars theorize
long-term synergistic relationships;
others hold up ink-riddled feeds that
brim with the hashtag #QTTR & claim
itinerant tattooers are the points of ori-
gin. The regents call for calm, adhering
to their belief that all will be revealed
when the time capsule tucked behind a
plaque in the Cathedral is opened in 73
years. Until then, the only diktat is that
any & all balloons are to be prohibited.
Mark Young was born in Aotearoa New Zealand but now lives in a small town on traditional Juru
land in North Queensland, Australia. His most recent book is One Hundred Titles From Tom
Beckett, with paintings by Thomas Fink, published by Otoliths in June, 2024. His The Magritte
Poems will be coming out from Sandy Press later this year.
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