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Liesl Jobson’s poetry appears in New Coin, Timbila, Fidelities, LiPS, Green Dragon, Carapace (SA), and internationally in The Journal, Aesthetica, Bonfire, Gator Springs Gazette, Brittle Star (UK), The Christian Communicator, Oasis, The Hiss Quarterly, Prairie Dog 13 and Ink Pot (USA). She won the Inglis House Poetry Contest (2003) and the People Opposing Women Abuse Women's Writing Competition (2005).

Liesl Jobson

Grace Note

 musician & poet @ 58 6th:
  live side by side
  in my body
  in your house 

we have an abundance of notes:
  paper pointers
  written reminders
  ‘I ♥ U’ soaped on the mirror

 in my work:
  scribbled couplets
  performance instructions
  please-fetch-the-dry-cleaning reminders 

in your work:
  penciled fermatas
  time & key changes
  rehearsals, appointments 

we have an abundance of notes 
but not much cash
today I found a note
worth more than the nation’s lottery 

a black & white love song
in your pianist’s script
a melody impressed
upon my heart:

   When they looked @ ur puncture,
   they said ur tires r no longer safe.
   I took the liberty of buying u
   4 new wheels.
   Please accept this gift from me.
   The credit card has its use.

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