Bio
Keith Nunes is a former newspaper journalist who now writes to stay sane. He has been published widely in his home country of New Zealand. He lives in rural Bay of Plenty with the artist Talulah Belle.
Keith Nunes
Talker
The talker's spouting forth
about how I could be
a better chimpanzee
there's no arguing
so I slip into
lights-out reverie
the gorilla next to me
makes a point about
ruptured inner relationships
skins crawl
orangutans weep
and I stifle a snore
as we break for lunch
I pull aside the human:
"what are you getting at?"