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First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Carcanet Alliance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester, m2 7aq www.carcanet.co.uk Text © Joe Carrick-Varty 2023 The right of Joe Carrick-Varty to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988; all rights reserved. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. isbn 978 1 80 017 301 9 Book design by Andrew Latimer Printed in Great Britain by SRP Ltd, Exeter, Devon The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England.
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Contents And God said 9 Sambas for Christmas 10 Dear Postie 11 When he waits at the bar my father’s brain is miles above his pint 12 Withdrawal 14 Five days sober and glowing 15 Suicide is not your dad and your favourite rapper going for coffee 21 Perhaps Here Both Our Guiltlessness Becomes Clearest 22 A week and not a word since the argument 23 If you chained yourself 24 All my fathers are hunting dodos in the park 25 The Father Heavens 26 What if suicide is just taking off your headphones 30 The brick 32 Somewhere Far 33 More Sky 34 Lop Nur 35 Moonless June 36 When you lean close and tell me 37 Parks 38 54 Questions for the Man Who Sold a Shotgun to My Father 39 Panasonic RF-P50DEG-S 40 Draw a circle around the city you grew up in 42 You are always the last to know things 43 From the Perspective of Coral 44 Some Dads 51 / dream in which / 52 In Amber 54 The Secret 55 Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious 56 My father is sitting on the other side of the french doors 57

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First published in Great Britain in 2023 by Carcanet Alliance House, 30 Cross Street Manchester, m2 7aq www.carcanet.co.uk Text © Joe Carrick-Varty 2023 The right of Joe Carrick-Varty to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act of 1988; all rights reserved. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. isbn 978 1 80 017 301 9 Book design by Andrew Latimer Printed in Great Britain by SRP Ltd, Exeter, Devon

The publisher acknowledges financial assistance from Arts Council England.

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