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Issue Details: First known date: 2000... 2000 Scar Country
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Contents

* Contents derived from the St Lucia, Indooroopilly - St Lucia area, Brisbane - North West, Brisbane, Queensland,:University of Queensland Press , 2000 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Draw a Lioni"they said. With a yellow noose I caught one", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 4)
Always the Motheri"She waits for you to call", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 5-6)
Medea's Dreami"I carried you into the earth", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 7)
The Mothersi"are breathing into my left ear.", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 8)
Notes for the Drowned Girli"i slip off the footpath", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 9-11)
Moonboati"full tide reels you", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 12)
Tony Washes Beryl's Hairi"Sundays, she brought a chair into the yard", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 13)
Note: Varies from both earlier versions.
Wisdomi"The needle stings me numb. I listen, drop-jawed", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 14)
Job Searchi"There's a woman crying at the CES", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 15)
Man Scani"Corpse-like I'm laid out beneath the probe.", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 16)
Inductioni"'Say goodbye to dignity'", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 17)
Birth of the Minotaur in a Public Ward, Rebecca Edwards , sequence poetry
Sequence of seven numbered and individually titled poems.
 (p. 17-23)
Birthmarki"Today I wrote a poem", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 18)
Birth of the Minotaur in a Public Wardi"Lunge for the matador's mirror", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 19)
Afterbirthi"That's not the end of it", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 20)
Sliding on Bonei"i almost remember how it was", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 21)
Softnessi"You come to me", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 22)
"Under the white petal-drifts" Stealing Frangipanii"I go for the red one", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 23)
Note: Number seven in the sequence 'Birth of a Minotaur in a Public Ward'.
Apologyi"O Hitendra the taxi driver", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 27)
Finding My Voice, Who is Big, Bald and Bisexual but Still Manages to Look Like Marilyni"My voice and I", Rebecca Edwards , single work poetry (p. 28)
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