William Cook

One of the 'Little Bastards' The Newtown Council Apartments Building, Block B Wellington, Newtown. Possums that climb drainpipes at the council flats in Newtown have long been a problem for the residents and more importantly the landlords. Now a possible solution has been found by one of the tenants who live on the thirteenth floor of Apartment block B. Noticing that the drainpipe was made from a conductive material, Arnold B Wingthrop, a retired electrical contractor, unscrewed a lamp from its electrical cord and attached the flex with duct-tape to the drainpipe fixture outside his window. Within days a pile of scorched possums lay stacked at the base of the drainpipe. Local stray dogs have been disposing of the barbequed rodents but there have been a few incidents where some animals have touched the downpipe and fried as a result. Mr Wingthrop stated, “the little bastards got what they des...

i love the smell of the city the hustle-bustle brilliance of life effective in every moment sweet ambrosia of death sits lurking in the shadows of rancid alleyways signposted with ciphers symbols of strange forests hieroglyphics of night’s construction breathe in the humanity breathe out the horror the horror of concrete & steel a flailing colossus the smell of victory over death not too unlike “the smell of napalm in the morning” lingering like perfume in the back of your throat