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?