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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
The Protest by Angela Costi

[Above] Photo of Angela Costi by Christian Wilson, 2001.

Angela Costi


The Protest

Colour brigade with hoses, ready to dump
great waves of tongue, fist, heart

turning tap at elevated steel-lipped grey
a heated vacuum of repressed desire

- power is the silent display of more
than enough buttons, hooves, belts

words begin a gush of blood, soil, sea
bouncing back and into a spray
of
pink lilac aquamarine: a carnival bouquet
to dance into love's arms

Inside, a security of cameras search
for the soul within the bullet.

About the Poet Angela Costi

Angela Costi's poetry and other writing have been widely published, broadcast and produced, including LINQ, Hecate, Southerly, Meanjin, Radio National - ABC, Australasian Drama Studies (UQP), Divan, Overland, Sojourner (US), Imago and International Women Playwrights Conference 2000. Since 1994, she has been freelancing full time as a writer and editor, completing many writing commissions for various organisations (including, "Relocated" a full length play and text exhibition for Melbourne City Council based on her writer's residencey at the Kensington Housing Commission Estate, "Shimmer", for the City of Darebin, a full length play inspired by lengthy interviews with girls from the working class Northern suburbs of Melbourne, and a mini poetry collection on the art piece, Charity, for the National Gallery of Victoria).
   [Above] Photo of Angela Costi by Christian Wilson, 2001.

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