Razor

by Peter Goldsworthy

Razor - Peter Goldsworthy
AgeingMorningShort
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Razor

 

Carving this same face
out of soap, each morning
slightly less perfectly.

from New Selected Poems (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2001), copyright © Peter Goldsworthy 2001, used by permission of the author.

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Peter Goldsworthy (b. 1951) has been described as “one of the most skilled and satisfying poets in Australia,” (A ...
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