JOSIAH MORGAN
Things dad didn’t say
I never knew that dogged path
why he cried on which I grew
until I started stones, thorns, tried
to move along to stay headstrong
but my knees on dogged paths
buckled and my eventually I freed
words slurred and that old sly
cavorted like mites dog; I cried
Josiah Morgan (he/him/ia, Kāi Tahu, Ngāti Maniapoto) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Ōtautahi. His most recent book is i'm still growing, out with Dead Bird Books. He believes in magic.