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Unpublished Poems
untheatrical
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in this new theatre
razor sharp,
electric, high amp currency,
throws industrial strength wit in
ill-directed killer punches
the musical dissonance
winds, rewinds
and coils young men
who play this game
unready for anything
and victims
are deemed causal
vain ice ticket admission only
(previously unpublished)
versifier
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songbird me
alone on a branch
of my family’s tree
inherited songs
contemporary tunes
seeks permanent audience
slave to currency
is genial reward
demography destruction
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forfeit:
etched rock faces
tribal song lines,
art of the hunt,
the dreaming
History -
70,000 years
accept:
chiselled psyches
gun flash, poisoned rations
un-negotiated nightmare
murderous intent
Australian story -
200+ years
inherit:
welfare dependence
substance abuse,
domestic violence,
dysfunction,
loss of culture -
adolescent suicide
government sterility
(probably unpublishable)
something learned
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i work
as a cleaner –
factory floor
annually
my implements
are replaced with newer products
breakages
must be reported
complaints must be aired to my manager
in my job
i have learned
it doesn’t pay to be smarter than the broom
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