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V Ruston

NON-FICTIONSeptember 18, 2017

The Bird Keeper

By V Ruston

(Trigger warning: mental illness, suicide)   The foxgloves are blooming. So are the roses, the iceberg growing up the verandah poles, and the ones…

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CULTUREMay 19, 2016

Rights, Rescue, Regulation

By V Ruston

Last month, RMIT hosted an anti-sex trade conference called The World’s Oldest Oppression. The conference gained a spotlight of outrage online, sparking mass debate…

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POETRYNovember 18, 2015

When you kiss me my whole body feels like a catacomb

By V Ruston

You unzip me.      Open me like a cadaver, right to the                marrow. The violence of our lust shakes the walls. You wrack-and-screw bruises in…

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POETRYMarch 28, 2015

Love Spells

By V Ruston

waking to you hasn’t thrilled me for weeks. i don’t like kissing you anymore.

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