Open Call | Autumn
1 min
Ava's Fifth Birthday Wish
Kylie Sturgess
As the candles puff out, Walyalup transforms into Atlantis.
The Waugyl dives joyfully down an aquamarine High Street, fountaining brine and seaweed. Roads bob with cars turned gondolas, buses now submarines. Traffic lights morph into glowing jellyfish and herds of seahorses frolic with footballs, wearing Docker's colours.
Pirates (banned from Darling, Darling) angrily storm the University and become philosophers over cappuccinos at Gino's. Mermaids take pottery classes and buy second-hand vinyl records for DJ sessions.
We flounder in our submerged city, while Poseidon laughs atop a scarlet crane - crowned with a stolen winged keel.
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