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* Contents derived from the Norwood,Norwood, Payneham & St Peters area,Adelaide - North / North East,Adelaide,South Australia,:WAV,1986 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
The narrator rides a train, observing the other passengers. One is a man with a false leg, which he uses as a temporary garbage bin; the narrator watches him and his wife smoke and drink. The narrator reflects on her lover.