Autumn approaching the fiscal cliff, he had
a FOMO on the MYEFO, the pruned branches
of acronyms piling up around them. Grabbing
a strong latté, paranoid in his texting mittens,
overheard her muttered aside: He has a very
thorough knowledge of Section 32. Felt the mission
creep’s stealthy spread, imagined his partner
at home improving the house with vases;
distracting himself from the disappointment
of our spin bowler, who’s out with a hamstring
twinge.
Jane Gibian is a poet and librarian whose work has been anthologised most recently in Contemporary Australian Poetry (Puncher and Wattman) and Contemporary Australian Feminist Poetry (Hunter). Her publications include tidemark (Vagabond Press Rare Object series) and Ardent (Giramondo). In 2020 she will be undertaking a Varuna Residency Fellowship.