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ISSUE NO. 15

October 2025

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Poetry

The (Powdered) Milky Way

By

Jeff

Jeff writes from a prison in QLD.

Shannon VanDenHeuvel via Unsplash

An ode to our last 750-gram powdered milk, taken from our treasured weekly Buy-Up Sheet.

The full cream milk I get today,

and in my cell it has to stay.

Of fault, not mine, I cannot get

to fridge afar, not now, not yet.

I have a drink, of fresh to taste

of fault, not mine, it goes to waste.

A day without brings me to thirst,

I think of powder, or not the worst.

To have of this, could be the choice,

upon the buy-up, to have the voice.

Oh, let at Woodford, bring it back,

The milk of powder, in the sack!

An ode to our last 750-gram powdered milk, taken from our treasured weekly Buy-Up Sheet.

The full cream milk I get today,

and in my cell it has to stay.

Of fault, not mine, I cannot get

to fridge afar, not now, not yet.

I have a drink, of fresh to taste

of fault, not mine, it goes to waste.

A day without brings me to thirst,

I think of powder, or not the worst.

To have of this, could be the choice,

upon the buy-up, to have the voice.

Oh, let at Woodford, bring it back,

The milk of powder, in the sack!

‘Love is Rebuilding My Life’

By Phillip

There’s irony, hypocrisy, fallacy, a vast ocean of distance to cross. The “saint”, the “sinner”, it’s lunacy, that the ignorant could save the lost.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

2 MIN READ

Methfairytale

By Karie

I’m not belle of the ball, not the very least, but we have something in common, I’m in love with a beast. But the beast is not a person but a drug that I call meth, I’ve been talking to myself for hours, I’m running out of breath.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Nostalgia

By Dennis

Nostalgia is a gentle haze, a soft and fading, golden maze, where time itself begins to blur, and memory’s touch is sweet and pure.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 22

1 MIN READ

Art From Inside

By Lanie

Our team was blown away by this beautiful painting.

Creative

ISSUE NO. 21

1 MIN READ