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These poems are available in print in John Tranter's Selected Poems, Hale & Iremonger, Sydney, 1982, ISBN 0 86806 029 1.   Listen to the Poet Read  |
A fact is as real as you make it, and your complex dreaming is a gift factory as silly as a lucky dip, as basic as a traffic accident. And after a quick lunch on the harbour, a drink picks you up and you drift off the surface of the planet daft, adolescent and deeply wise: a fine glow lights up your lazy limbs and the nerves drop away. Behind the blue horizon a boat disappears, popular mysteries begin. Your lips fade. You're asleep, and thoroughly happy. |
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