34-37 Degrees South: Easy reading version

eading the mercury
Tim Heffernan
joel felt the pull of this place, and then also the reasons
for moving away. he often wondered about the exits, and
today, reading the mercury, he felt uneasy. four months of
restricted travel out of town concerned him. they blamed it
on falling rocks, but he knew there was more to it than that.
bulli pass is closing he blurted out as they were coming off
the m1 past the southern gateway. i’m worried about getting
back up once we go down, what if ousley and macquarie
pass go out too? we could be trapped in wollongong. shit
she replied, that would mean the cars could not get up from
pt kembla and the steel works might melt if we factor in
climate change and roadworks. anxious, we tried to deal
with the anxiety, so we breathed in out in out. the full moon
shifted things.
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