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' By the time we arrive at 'orographic ascent' it is impossible to decide whether '[a] marriage is what you expect,/ a husband is what you get' is a lament or a relief.
until the state of us curdled.
In 'Surrender comes with twenty different speeds' the poet acknowledges that winning an argument 'is merely another form of losing.' Concessions have to be made and compromises arrived at. Some relationships survive the demands of domesticity; others do not. In hindsight, we are left wondering if reality was not so bad.
you fly on into all atmospheres.
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Francesca Sasnaitis is a writer and artist. Originally from Melbourne, she now lives in Perth where she is a doctoral candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Western Australia. Her poetry, short fiction and reviews have been published online and in various print journals and anthologies.
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