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95 pages.
New Zealand author. Contents: She is currently living -- 31 reasons not to hear a heartbeat -- Conventional weapons -- Mostly a/b/c/d -- Used song -- Archaeological -- The bridge -- Nursery -- It was the 70s when me & Karen Carpenter hung out -- A woman walks into a bar -- How to solve an 18-year sadness -- Horoscope (the cougar speaks) -- Love AD -- The mine wife -- Wedding dress -- Breather -- Legend of 17 bad hotels -- Undertone -- Tryst.
Summary: In these dark, lyrical poems, Slaughter closely observe the textures of the world and the beauty and depravity of human nature.