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Table groaning beneath the weight of book and<br />
Paper piled skywards<br />
Chests glittering with trinkets<br />
Two stern, white cupboards<br />
Sentries standing vigil<br />
Always watchful<br />
Book upon book<br />
A colourful mess<br />
Crammed into the shelves<br />
Bunk beds squatting against the wall<br />
Pillows scattered across the linen<br />
Soft, so soft<br />
In the privacy and seclusion<br />
A figure curled in a nest<br />
Book in hand<br />
She floats on the magic of the words<br />
Leaving reality, stepping into another world<br />
Judge’s Comment<br />
Good use of words, effectively concluded<br />
Nakita Dub<br />
Hobart College<br />
HOBART TAS<br />
The Lucky Country<br />
Three years ago they let him in here.<br />
Sat him down.<br />
Told him, 'You're lucky, mate.'<br />
And laughed.<br />
'The lucky country, right?'<br />
When they told him he was allowed in here,<br />
He didn't weep.<br />
Or smile.<br />
He just nodded a lone tear down his face.<br />
Repeating something inside,<br />
'So lucky. So lucky, mate.'<br />
Then he left.<br />
His heart in his hand,<br />
Ready to give it to this new place.<br />
It took them ten years to process him.<br />
To package him up.<br />
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