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CW: references to death

 

HECS debt is fate like eating a muffin out of a mug

For evidence: let’s see your parents’ frankly unacceptable

Excuse / me: is this class {warfare}: human capstones?

Self-note: Death is a quicker out than education

 

Is life-long  / a student movement requiring

Upward mobility is not / an option-ended question

Is poor / {hygiene} supposed to teach us to {eat this} fast?

Give me de-linguistified steering on my Y{ertle the Turtle}!

 

Mastering bathe//baths//barf is holding in

A {fart during an} Andre Rieu concert

 

Just throw a bone {to pick} at a tutor &

You’re gunning for a H{ard}D{rive} / down a long street; a citation

Winking out of that b{eret}-line like a sniper rifle / Remember the pastoral

—Capital in invisibilising Nickelback—Peer-{rear}-view helping

To {reverse} access the {bin-fire the} PhD students

 

Huddle around / & ask FAQs / like

Trust the fun in trust fund // no transfer

Able skills / as in no you don’t want to

 

Swap / share all the options for problematising {why}

The cost / of {do{ing} re-rewrites}}? All I’m saying

Is Clean up Australia day killed lunchtime solidarity

& each {office} hour is another reason to bang

Your thumb and suck {out peach schnapps}

 

Listen, adapt, invest in people’s intellect

& you’ll have a lot / of theory {on who(?)}

Not to invest in: / an exegesis on how my {uni’s} arms

Dealing / with the weight of it all / like what does your {Power}

 

Point: contribute to our nation building activity{?}

// the mould on the ceiling like a glass half full of bull

dozing / off on the job // didn’t plain packaging kill

street art, anyway? Maybe

 

that’s why our polycule feels like

a group {assignment}: / competent

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