Compass by Megan Hicks

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Megan Hicks

Megan Hicks

I'm interested in cities and the vestiges of their former selves. I walk with difficulty around the streets and back lanes of suburbia. I like to notice odd things and ordinary things as well. I look at pavement graffiti and I listen for birds. I take my c...

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I'm walking down an unknown no through road
 
Pushing the borders of my local government area 

Testing the margin's tolerance for noise

Main western railway line across the street 

North-south airport landing path above

A wisp of trumpet practice ...

... seeping from ...

... a small white van that's parked outside a house 

The banished player crouching in the back

I move along now heading roughly east

Another aircraft screams in overhead

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