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The Capitals.(Poem)
THE CAPITALS As a cocktail rimmed in money and salt breezy Perth seems free of fault. Darwin's a hot Canberra holding a dish of pearls, land rights and box jellyfish. Real Canberra clangs flagpoles on windy nights and never builds on its own heights. Dame Edna traps Melbourne in derision about ...
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