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y separately published work icon Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues) selected work   poetry  
  • Author:agent Gig Ryan http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/ryan-gig
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Excavation : (Arguments and Monologues)
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Chippendale, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,:Picador , 1990 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
You Benefiti"They go and spend their crumbs playing pool,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 7)
1965i"The river winding red and green with corpses", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 8)
About P.S.i"The authorities plant a hammer for you to kill by.", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 9)
Alreadyi"You're back from Melbourne", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 10)
Chorusi"I wake up without deception", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 11)
Excavation Excavationi"I go out and get more smack", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
Love's Pillagei"The false drugged light in your face", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 14)
Importi"Loneliness chucks out before me like a rug", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 15)
Dawni"Drugs shatter on the mirror", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 16)
Napoleoni"True love's a big pain", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 17)
Penelopei"An ordeal,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
For Katrina (Brighton, 1984) (For Catriona)i"The sensitive newsreader cries in Ethiopia", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 20)
Variously Packed Upi"It's sickening the way she talks down to him", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 21)
The Mind's Shacks are Stranded and Overpopulated, South Africai"They get shot for going to the funeral", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 22)
His New Voicei"The phone, a noisy little codger,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 23)
On First Looking into Fairfax's Heraldi"Mr Gromyko observes Washington's autumn rain,", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 24)
Previewi"The drug correctly makes you feel worthless", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 25)
The Killing Fields, Nominatedi"The journo heroically watches the bomber planes dive", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 26)
Fake Worki"He moves around perfectly handsomely", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 27)
Convalescei"Dear X, Fiji is wonderful", Gig Ryan , single work poetry (p. 28)
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