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| <td width="500"><h3>The Chicago ‘<em>Manual of Style</em>’</h3> |
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| <td>The Chicago <em>Manual of Style</em> is really neat |
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| <p>when your composure cracks and ghosts</p> |
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| <p>of silly girls come whispering to bother you –</p> |
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| <p>this happens late at night – just kids</p> |
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| <p>out for a bit of fun with a convertible</p> |
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| <p>and a bottle of vodka like in a movie,</p> |
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| <p>and ‘Hell,’ you think, ‘did I do that? Was |
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| <td>the cops were after down at Sunny Point? |
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| <p>Was that me in Dad’s truck with the throttle</p> |
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| <p>stuck open, cracking ninety down the beachfront?</p> |
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| <p>With that... brunette... uh?’ Just about then,</p> |
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| <p>on the edge of love and terror, the Chicago</p> |
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| <p><em>Manual of Style</em> appears and takes you home.</p> |
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| <span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">Reproduced with the |
| kind permission of the author, John Tranter.</span> <span |
| style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">The poem is published in John |
| Tranter,</span><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">"Crying |
| in Early Infancy -- 100 Sonnets",</span> <span |
| style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">Makar Press, St.</span><span |
| style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: helvetica">Lucia, 1977, ISBN 0 909 354 |
| 19 7.</span> |
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| <p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">John Tranter is the |
| Editor of <a href="http://jacketmagazine.com">Jacket magazine: |
| http://jacketmagazine.com</a></span> <span |
| style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt">and Project Manager of the <a |
| href="http://www.austlit.com/a/index.html">Australian Literature Resources: |
| http://www.austlit.com/a/index.html</a></span></p> |
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| <p>We have some more information about <a href="biblio-styles.html">Style |
| Manuals</a>.</p> |
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