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Writings from Tarralla Issue 5  
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Waiting for Rain
Amanda le Bas de Plumetot
The hottest place in the solar system, after the Sun, is our lounge room. I can feel myself cooking in there. Cracking apart like dried up ground in a drought. If you dropped seeds into .....


History
David McLaren
Hair of black
night
of broken glass and
sleep in-
terrupted
by
fire in .....

The Road to Geelong
David Campbell
'Melonlemon,' she says. 'Melonlemon… melonlemon… melonlemon…' Faster and faster, the words tumble over each other, her voice rising to a pitch that cuts glass. I turn up the volume on the radio and try to avoid being .....

The Stains Of The Third Age
Dawson Hann
They're tiny humiliations, out of the blue;
Spills mostly, shapeless, but maps all the same
To track a hand less steady, a mind less tame;
From these you avert the .....

Troubles With Fall-Out
Dawson Hann
The season is turning. The leaves are verging on the vivid yellows and deep reds which will make them suitably photogenic. But I have trouble saying 'the fall'. It is a term heard often enough, but .....

Danané, Côte d'Ivoire, West Africa
Heather Sadiechild Harris
A hexy town, a sexy town,
Full of charms and charmers town.
A lusty town, a dusty town
Full of arms and armours town.
A lusty town, a dusty town
A rebel town, dishevelled .....