B. R. Dionysius - [Excerpt from The Negativity Bin]

(i) Lower than the Angels

‘Today is the first day of the rest of your life.’

(i) Woolloongabba, Brisbane 1998 AD
The first thing Helen says is,
‘If any of you touch me,
it’s assault’.
Their first session
in Job Search Training
with Work Corrections Australia.
The Maori man beside Baldwin
has difficulty filling in
his career skills survey.

How can you describe a life
in twenty-five words or less?

(ii) Misbah
Misbah does not call
the Job Network member (JNM)
to let them know that
he’s not coming in.

He figures, in one hundred
years we’ll all be jobless
(