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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Microgeography
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Notes

  • Author's note: My poem 'Microgeography' talks directly to [Martin] Johnston's own life, and particularly to his long poem 'Microclimatology', from The Sea-Cucumber, in that it seeks to convey the sense of personal surrealism that comes from being a contemporary writer [...] on the one hand, and on the other, struggling with social and economic realities often compounded by having to work in shitty, low-paid jobs.' (Introduction to 'Microgeography', Heat no.7 (New Series) 2004, p.51)

Includes

Your Taxable Income i "On the night he was assassinated by the ATO", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 53)
Tax on Taxable Income i "By now his paragraph's been sorted, wrapped", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 53)
Medicare Levy i "Something he didn't have to consider often", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 54)
Your HECS Repayment i "Again, this is beyond his realm; a Phaistos Disc", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 54)
PAYG Withholding Credits i "The first attempt failed so they sent another assassin.", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 55)
Tax Offsets and Other Credits i "His offsets were the most terrible. Mother dead from", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 55)
Balance of the Assessment i "The balance of our cultural assessment is not", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 56)
This Amount is Payable By... i "His father's masterwork, My Brother Jack, cemented", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 56)
Amount Payable Rounded Down i "The great white Australian indifference settles", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 57)
Actual Amount Payable i "700 page drafts of a single life exist, in our thumb", B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work poetry
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 57)

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    y separately published work icon Heat no. 7 (New Series) 2004 Z1116930 2004 periodical issue Bedtime Stories 2004 pg. 53-57
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Related Works

Microclimatology Martin Johnston , 1978 sequence poetry
— Appears in: The Sea-Cucumber 1978; (p. 58-71) The New Australian Poetry 1979; (p. 121-130) Martin Johnston : Selected Poems and Prose 1993; (p. 41-49) Jacket , April no. 11 2000;
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Works about this Work

Microgeography : Introduction B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 51-52)
Microgeography : Introduction B. R. Dionysius , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: Heat , no. 7 (New Series) 2004; (p. 51-52)
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