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Contents Category: States of Poetry - Poems
Custom Article Title: States of Poetry 2016 - New South Wales | 'Crisis Poem' by Fiona Wright

for Ian

And suddenly:
the men
are holding beers
and standing round
the trampoline,
and not the barbecue;
turning over toddlers,
instead of steaks.
The women
make the salads.

 

Fiona Wright

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