David Prater is an Australasian poet who lives in the third person. He edits Cordite Poetry Review, an online poetry and poetics journal. He is enrolled as a PhD student within the Institute for Social Research at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne. No sea monkeys, turtle doves, silkworms, three toed sloths, llama wranglers, celebrity chefs, German language instructors, Sting impersonators or wet nurses were harmed, consulted or vilified during the construction of this website.