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  • Published 20210504
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wearing today like it is your last. sip of sunlight. wearing today like an impatient scream. a stent that fails the test. a weather beaten lounge. a carpet that withholds too many secret grazes. cheap sedatives in irradiated capsules. wearing today like a levitational sarcophagus. tomorrow hanging on another rack. 

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Joanne Burns

Joanne Burns is the author of numerous collections of poetry. Her most recent, apparently (Giramondo), was shortlisted for the 2020 NSW Premier’s Kenneth Slessor...

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