Luke Buckmaster

@skillhello.bsky.social

Research. Parliament. Poasts. Canberra.

Walking into the cinema to go see The Odyssey while carrying an LRB tote bag and a highlighted copy of Emily Wilson’s review. It impresses all the staff, and they offer me a free bag of popcorn. I refuse, as I pull out my container of Kimchi. Everyone stops what they’re doing and applauds

Odysseus: You throw the ball out of reach of first base. Polyphemus: Then nobody gets it? Odysseus: Naturally. Polyphemus: Naturally. Odysseus: Now you've got it. Polyphemus: I throw the ball to Naturally. Odysseus: You don't! You throw it to Nobody!