Cat Power sings to Saturn
In my rear-view mirror the sun was dipping fast. On the CD player, the sultry sounds of Cat Power's near-perfect 2003 album. 'You Are Free'.

Speed dating at 45kph
Silly me, asking a girl out at that speed.

My Valentine, be me
I broke up with my wife. Five minutes later, I met the man of my dreams.

I was the ugliest girl
There was a time when I wore beautiful dresses and believed that I could change who I was.

My nanna's surfing the after-life
They must have put a phone in my nanna’s coffin. She got through.

I wanted a pretty dress
I was after the most feminine frock a soldier could find. I was a man on a mission.

I kissed a postie
The transgender foot soldier struggles with a parcel, but not his gender identity.

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