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Notes
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Dedication: for my parents Jean Scholes and Paul Scholes
And in memory of my grandfather
Don McGiffen 1933-2009
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Epigraph: 'All we can do is for this frightened thing we call Love'
Allen Ginsberg, "Wichita Vortex Sutra"
Contents
* Contents derived from the
Brisbane,
Queensland,:Small Change Press
, 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
- Dear Rose...i"Dear Rose, you were the best friend I had since I was torn from country at age ten", single work poetry (p. 5-7)
- Let Them Eat Cakei"This afternoon we say goodbye", single work poetry (p. 8)
- The Graduatei"On the day you", single work poetry (p. 9)
- Aniseed Balls (I wish to Resign...)i"I wish to resign from my position of slavery and subservience", single work poetry (p. 10-11)
- Breakdowni"I didn't make it", single work poetry (p. 12-13)
- While Waiting for Train from South Bank to Gold Coasti"a seasoned commuter", single work poetry (p. 14-15)
- Step I : Leviatei"We could be in an elevator, all of us", single work poetry (p. 16)
- Gymnasia, sequence poetry (p. 16-17)
- Step II : Learni"I could be sweating in a pleated", single work poetry (p. 16-17)
- Wedlocki"A carpet uncurling", single work poetry (p. 18-19)
- Medium Rare Fatheri"So that the blood-juice oozes", single work poetry (p. 19)
- Mobile Accessories : Straps, Dangles, Charmsi"Just like the owners", single work poetry (p. 20-21)
- Mother's Dayi"I've got myself into", single work poetry (p. 22)
- Almost Anythingi"It's all so perfect", single work poetry (p. 23)
- Stringrayi"in less than two metres", single work poetry (p. 24)
- Wheelie-Bin Collection Morningi"If it's not the obscene clock alarming", single work poetry (p. 25)
- Sunday Afternooni"Easy now to forgive you", single work poetry (p. 26-27)
- Houdini with a Condomi"I must've felt like cigarettes today", single work poetry (p. 28)
- Two Pillowsi"I like to sleep with two pillows", single work poetry (p. 29)
- Like a Gianti"Morning barely contained I leave", single work poetry (p. 29)
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