26 years! This fine fellow and I have shared:
Ersatz nachos, genuine Sacher torte and pineapple kitkats
Leeches, leaf insects and lost water pouches
Dodgy hostels, secluded lighthouses and polystellar hotel rooms
Aurora Australis through aeroplane windows, sculpture park moonrise and caravan park rainbows
Beach mission bushdances, Argentinian operas and primary school band extravaganzas
Familiar mnemonics, goldfish quilting and silver soldering
Poems, proofreadings and prizegivings
Beers, bears and (wild) bores
Scrabble atrocities, Rubik’s cube solving and McMaster cheating
Art gallery scaffold scrambles, harbour bridge ascensions and mineshaft descents
Lars von Triers, clockwork oranges and Greenaway grandiosities
Laughter at private jokes, laughter at Mad As, laughter of Stelarc
All day phone calls, solitary silences and all night birthings
Prenatal trepidation, parental steep learning curves, parental pride
Tears in neurology offices, tears of loss, tears of frustration
Families of birth, family-like friends and family we’ve created
Thank you, Densil my love, for this and much much more.
Kirsten Harley 