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my leaves turn, my lungs need polish
skin drops to the ground, memory sticks to the wall
there's nothing in the master narrative that beats death
posters peeling from their dates are yellow
somewhere the old rectangle of the book
is porous and the words feather in the rewrite
Jil Jones
6 January 2005, Marrickville
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Jill Jones
web site: http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~jpjones
blog: http://rubystreet.blogspot.com/
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Struggle and radiance: ten commentaries (Wild Honey Press)
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