Left for the exit cleaner

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  • Published 20261103
  • ISBN: 978-1-923213-25-8
  • Extent: 196pp
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TODAY IS MY last day working for you. I imagine you know that already. This is not my letter of resignation as much as it is my confession. You probably know that already too but I’m going to write it anyway.

For the last year, someone has been cleaning the apartments before I arrive. Taking my work away from me. It might have been more than a year, I don’t really know.

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Laurence Levy-Atkinson

Laurence Levy-Atkinson is a writer and poet based in Melbourne, Australia. Recipient of the Ada Cambridge Prize, his work has also been anthologised for...

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