And, asks Watk – earlier – where are you from, Darwin, oh Darwin, where the local comp ageing champ happened to be no friend of yours, roommate JRH, but the one exciting us was Vowles, a child, who learned and played on matting pitches of the sort W St. Hill encountered in the book CLRJ wrote which John read and treasured, CLRJ whose birthplace Tunapuna’s where Shirvan’s now buried.
– Eleven We Burn Them in the Sun (2026)