Review of Australian Fiction, Volume 9, Issue 6 by Alison Croggon

Author:Alison Croggon
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781922171566
Publisher: Review of Australian Fiction

I set down the emerald lamp

Take it up — exhaustless

Once lit,

A sister is a sister

‘Why don’t you just work for yourself?’ asked Paula. ‘Tradies make heaps.’

‘I don’t have any clients.’

‘Put an ad in the local rag. Run off flyers.’

He gulped, forcing toast down his throat. He sipped coffee to loosen it.

‘I don’t have the money.’

He couldn’t say that he hated wiring electric currents through dark and dusty places. His squeamishness had once, famously, led him to re-route all the electrics because he’d seen a rat’s tail. His mates whooped when they worked out why. Paula’s face was intent, round, expectant. Just looking at her made him shivery and tired.

‘I’ll give you till Wednesday,’ Paula said. ‘Just get any job. They need pizza makers at Fahd’s.’

‘I don’t know how to make pizza.’

Paula swept away the empty plates. Feeling vaguely ashamed Jimmy lowered his eyes and read the poem again. It was nothing special. It didn’t even rhyme.

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