TURBINE | KAPOHAU

MIRIAMA GEMMELL

the eras tiki tour

let auntie
take up the kitchen making quince jelly 
    let her throw blue at the ref on screen 

let uncle 
lean his butt on the dining room table 
    catch toenail clippings in the lounge 

yea
those are auntie’s junk mail towers on the bench 
stinking pāua shells by the front door 

nah 
those are uncle’s week-old leftovers
trackside channels up loud
kawa eh

we let those 
who moved to the big smoke 
    who wrangled those rapids
back in the day

get away 
with some shit 
in yours