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Daniel Sluman - wonder/ful
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An immersive, participatory display by a queer Australian Aboriginal performer, and a rebellious unravelling of traditional Scottish dance
EWAN CAMERON witnesses a political farce that lacks a clear message
EWAN CAMERON picks out two fascinating music shows, fusing the Korean, and the Celtic, with the modern
BENJAMIN POTHIER suggests that Palaeolithic cave paintings in Spain point to the ceremonial use of hallucinogenic flora
The bard confirms that the right has a humour bypass, and replays the English Revolution on period instruments
wonder/ful
Daniel Sluman
two fingers pinched against the present
that thrums through your neck morning
birdsong caught in your throat the ceiling
opens its refrain of tired yellow the breeze
fluttering the window-latch by the curtain
that lifts & falls so softly & this is life
& death in its two clear movements
the thump of your galloping heart
tells you that each wonder-
fucked second is vital
you are so full of living
but you may die right now
right now you may die
& how wonderful is that
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