the land down under

Aaarghh they're coming!
Let's send them offshore
Send them offshore
Send THEM offshore
SEND THEM OFFSHORE
OH!
Me a xenophobe Mr General Secretary?
Never!
Utter Ludicrous
I stand for justice
And signed treaties
And signed declarations
This is just a minor internal implication...

Racist?
Us?
Utter nonsense,
Look at the pile of money
I gave to a black woman
to praise my country and bring tourists..
By the way, where are they?
Or
That black man I paid to
come and play golf in my humble abode..
And to bring in the $$$

What about the state of the indigenous?
Oh yes - we're writing another report.
But have you spoken to them?
What for?
There's a report coming out.
Yes, we need another report!

We all stand united in this country
Allegiance to the commonwealth
God Save the Queen!
And we proudly sing our national anthem
( during sporting events)
"For those who come across the seas
We've boundless straits to share..."

All we ask
is for a fair go...

Without a trace

In an instant
The fear took over,
To whom you once ran to-
You now hide,
Once you sought the limelight,
Shadows are now your crave,
No longer the worlds center piece,
Stepped back into the crowd,
Held back by your anger and fear,
Afraid to see what tomorrow may bring,
You leave in silence
Your footsteps blown away
Goodbye…

Sometime in 2001

Unheard shouts
Silent screams
Outside smiling
You and I
The perfection of make believe

Miserable silence
Empty feeling
The jilted lover even when
Before you I was standing

Raging hearts
Hurried breaths
Gasping moments
Unfulfilled desire

You and I
The perfection of make believe.


12/04/09

She slips. he crashes...

She slips
He crashes
A web of dance and pretense

She lies
He swallows

She walks
He’s oblivious
She runs
He’s blind

She slips
He crashes

Friendship, lost
Like, buried
Lust, extinguished
Love, forgotten

She lies
He swallows

13/03/09

Stuck in the middle of everything
Left?
Right?
Forwards?
Backwards?
Every turn blocked
Dead end

But unexpectedly
reality is dismissed
Unseen sights
Unheard tongue
Unfamiliar taste
Rules, all broken
Indulged
In every temptation,
Nothing matters in this whirlpool,

Morals
Conscience
Non existent
Effaced
Free

24/07/09

I am not surprised,
Yet I am overwhelmed-
Raw.

It’s been hanging by a thread
That I no longer see
I no longer feel
I no longer fear
Detached.

All is
Alluring…frightening…tempting
Within my reach

14//07/09

Falling forward
Anxious
Paranoid
Happy

Because she knows
But words fail
Though it's at the tip of her tongue
Gnawing...
Come out with it!

Trepidation.
That life long friend...