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Reaerved.Nopart of this book may be reproducedor transmitted in any form orby any means whatsoever withoutwritten permission from the publisher,except by a reviewer,who may quote brief passages in a review.For information,write Pedlar Press at P.O.Box 26,Station P,Toronto OntarioM5S 2s6 Canada  \nThe publisher wishes to thank the Canada Council for the Artsthe Ontario Arts Counciland individual patrons for their ongoingsupport of our publishing program.  \nEdited for the press by Kevin Connolly  \nCANADIAN CATALOGUING IN PUBLICATION DATA  \nDegen,John  \nKilling things  \nPoemsISBN 0-9686522-8-X  \nI.Toronto(Ont.)-Poetry.II.Title  \nPS8557.E368K542002 C8II’.6C2002-900400-4PR9I99.3.D429K542002  \nFirst Edition  \nCover Photo Julius Degen(Hartwig Degen,Lake Sincoe I965)Inaide Photoa Peggy DegenDesign Zab Design&Typography  \nPrinted in Canada  \nthis book is dedicated to my parents,Peggy and Julius Degen  \n儿  \nDigitized by the Internet Archivein 2019 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nkieeing hingo   \nCONTENTS  \nThings that kill  \nI3 Gold Stone Noodle RestaurantI4Neighbours are DangerousI5Sibelius ParkI8A Girl I Don't Know2IRossetti at Dinner23Blanca on Long Island24February I4,200I26 Certain Failures28The Rats Outside Me29Moving Day30How Mr.Emigh Picked up a HitchhikingIdi Amin in Uganda,but Survived to TeachUs All to Read Shakespeare3IDog Park32 Bathurst35Dog's Grave Uncovered36A Sure Knowledge of Blood38 District Of4IShimmer &Disappear42    1It is Your City44How We'll Explain it to Each Other46My Longest Relationship  \nA deadly physics  \n49Dimension  \n50 What if We Fall Off?5I The Yellow Rule52 Fire53 Pressure  \n54 The Yowl Principle55 A Body in Motion56 Wave Theory  \nThe 400 series poemW  \n59 That Photograph Explained61 Certain Talents63 Smokes  \n65 She's a Grand Bend66 Crow  \n67 Everything That's Not There74 Ontario Gothic76 Perch  \n78 Pendrith Mini Variety79Spring8oMorning on Lake Simcoe82 Becky's Backward Dive83 Smelt86 Sumach  \n88 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Not There\n## Ontario Gothic\n## Perch\n## Pendrith Mini Variety\n## Spring\n## Morning on Lake Simcoe\n## Becky's Backward Dive\n## Smelt\n## Sumach\n## Summer at Oro\n## Minnow\n## My Island","[{\"question\":\"What are the main themes in the poetry collection?\",\"answer\":\"The collection centers on danger and mortality, often portraying everyday places and relationships as threatening or uncanny. 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