Nine drafts of this late poem: working its way from 'If pain persists, see a doctor' through 'The Break', 'Bagpipe Music', 'Bagpipe Music and Soap Opera', to its published title; each state typed with handwritten corrections, rewrites and reworkings; all states numbered, signed and dated by the author; first published in 'Southerly', Vol.55, No.4, 1995-1996 and included in the author's 'Collected Poems 1970-1998', (pp.245-247).
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