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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Dear Rose
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Notes

  • Dedication: for my parents Jean Scholes and Paul Scholes

    And in memory of my grandfather

    Don McGiffen 1933-2009

  • Epigraph: 'All we can do is for this frightened thing we call Love'

    Allen Ginsberg, "Wichita Vortex Sutra"

Contents

* Contents derived from the Brisbane, Queensland,:Small Change Press , 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Dear Rose...i"Dear Rose, you were the best friend I had since I was torn from country at age ten", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 5-7)
Let Them Eat Cakei"This afternoon we say goodbye", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 8)
The Graduatei"On the day you", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 9)
Aniseed Balls (I wish to Resign...)i"I wish to resign from my position of slavery and subservience", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 10-11)
Breakdowni"I didn't make it", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 12-13)
While Waiting for Train from South Bank to Gold Coasti"a seasoned commuter", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 14-15)
Step I : Leviatei"We could be in an elevator, all of us", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 16)
Gymnasia, Nicola Scholes , sequence poetry (p. 16-17)
Step II : Learni"I could be sweating in a pleated", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 16-17)
Wedlocki"A carpet uncurling", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 18-19)
Medium Rare Fatheri"So that the blood-juice oozes", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 19)
Mobile Accessories : Straps, Dangles, Charmsi"Just like the owners", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 20-21)
Mother's Dayi"I've got myself into", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 22)
Almost Anythingi"It's all so perfect", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 23)
Stringrayi"in less than two metres", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 24)
Wheelie-Bin Collection Morningi"If it's not the obscene clock alarming", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 25)
Sunday Afternooni"Easy now to forgive you", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 26-27)
Houdini with a Condomi"I must've felt like cigarettes today", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 28)
Two Pillowsi"I like to sleep with two pillows", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 29)
Like a Gianti"Morning barely contained I leave", Nicola Scholes , single work poetry (p. 29)
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