Jane Gibian

where walls meet

in the town there had been earth that met ditch & weed, swamp that met grassy verge; where the footpath meets the external wall of the chicken shop adjoining the border of the bank building, was a place for standing & for leaning, a place congealed in the meeting of the walls & concrete paving

where wall hits wall hits gate, what’s gone when the shopping centre masks the last location of small houses in a row, leaving no space for recall; the site of the loss of a ring near the dead-end, the thick scrub that grew before the small house, before its inhabitants breathed; the previous caretakers moving swiftly on toughened feet, the varied syllables of the crested bellbird

in the chopping & dispersing of the mountain, what’s there where glass doors slide noiselessly aside, where the odour of grease traps seeps through the newer place that buried interlinked lanes, on top of soil that made its own contours, where the city squats stoutly & weights heavily over it

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JACKEROO SCHOOLS -See
      Schools -General JACKING EQUIPMENT
            -HYDRAULIC -See
                        Hydraulic Equipment & Supplies
JEWELLERS
JIGSAW PUZZLES -See
            Hobbies & Model Construction Supplies
            Toys -General JINGLES -See
                  Recording Services, Equipment & Supplies
JIU JITSU -See
            Martial Arts & Self Defence JOINERY
JOINT SEALING -See
      Waterproofing Contractors
            Waterproofing JOY
            FLIGHTS -See
                        Aircraft Charter &
                  Rental JUICE
      BARS -See
                  Health Foods & Products
                  Take Away Food      JUICE
            EXTRACTORS -See
                        Electrical Appliances -Retail JUKEBOXES
JUMPING CASTLES -See
            Amusement Equipment
            Children’s Parties
      Hire -Party JUNK
      MERCHANTS -See Scrap
            Metal Merchants
                  Dealers
               Second-hand JUSTICES
OF THE PEACE
JUTE -See
            Bags &
            Sacks -Retail

Jane Gibian’s latest collection of poetry is Ardent (Giramondo, 2007). She works as a librarian, and studies Vietnamese.

				Jane Gibian

				where walls meet in the town there had been earth that met ditch & weed, swamp that met grassy verge; where the footpath meets the external wall of the chicken shop adjoining the border of the bank building, was a place for standing & for leaning, a place congealed in the meeting of the walls & concrete paving where wall hits wall hits gate, what’s gone when the shopping centre masks the last location of small houses in a row, leaving no space for recall; the site of the loss of a ring near the dead-end, the thick scrub that grew before the small house, before its inhabitants breathed; the previous caretakers moving swiftly on toughened feet, the varied syllables of the crested bellbird in the chopping & dispersing of the mountain, what’s there where glass doors slide noiselessly aside, where the odour of grease traps seeps through the newer place that buried interlinked lanes, on top of soil that made its own contours, where the city squats stoutly & weights heavily over it Recycle in 2008 JACKEROO SCHOOLS -See Schools -General JACKING EQUIPMENT -HYDRAULIC -See Hydraulic Equipment & Supplies JEWELLERS JIGSAW PUZZLES -See Hobbies & Model Construction Supplies Toys -General JINGLES -See Recording Services, Equipment & Supplies JIU JITSU -See Martial Arts & Self Defence JOINERY JOINT SEALING -See Waterproofing Contractors Waterproofing JOY FLIGHTS -See Aircraft Charter & Rental JUICE BARS -See Health Foods & Products Take Away Food JUICE EXTRACTORS -See Electrical Appliances -Retail JUKEBOXES JUMPING CASTLES -See Amusement Equipment Children’s Parties Hire -Party JUNK MERCHANTS -See Scrap Metal Merchants Dealers Second-hand JUSTICES OF THE PEACE JUTE -See Bags & Sacks -Retail
				Jane Gibian’s latest collection of poetry is Ardent (Giramondo, 2007). She works as a librarian, and studies Vietnamese.
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