Two poems
Daley Rangi
Brick & Mortar
our tūpuna said
language is a window to the soul
what use is a window
when we’re evicted
and the blinds are closed?
our tūpuna said
when one house dies, a second lives
we must rebuild our house
with bigger windows
and no blinds.
— —
Space / Race
one stands in awe of a thin blue line
the other flies from it in dread
one holds his head high up in the stars
the other makes dying earth their bed
both are dreaming of better days
both are waltzing on the margins
one has the power to help the other
but helps himself to the universe instead.
Daley Rangi is an antidisciplinary artist generating unpredictable works and words. A proud advocate for bodily integrity and neurodiversity, they evade categorisation and invade the status quo; speaking truth to power and reorienting hierarchies. Through eclectic and autodidactic research and practice, they share rousing stories which take many forms. Daley is inspired by ancestry and fuelled by injustice.