Out Beyond
Out beyond
The western plain
A mighty river
Did once run
It was reputed
To of started
Up Killarney way
They say
It flowed
Accouple of thousand miles
South` west
Down Adelaide way
They say
I think they called it
The Barka
Or was it
The Darling
Some would say
It was big
And wide
Brown water did flow
That way
It survived
Thousands of years
The learnered would say
But then came the gentry
Beef and Cotton heads
Some would say
They divied up the water
And left none
To bath their mother
4ck her
They did say
The politicians
They did apologies
For the gentry
And their ways
Rape is complicated
They would say
Its the droughts fault
Its African gang youths’ fault
It’s the fishes fault
The politicians
Did say
Now a dead river
Does not flow
Its just a shell
Of a dried out old serpent
With its colour drained out
Beyond the western plain
Bourke way
Some would say
I mighty serpent
Once did sway
Authors Note
If the first nation peoples successfully cared for this river
For over 80 thousand years. Is it not a no brainer to give
Management back to them?
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