Australia
Dayum
Our
wide brown land we loving refer to, has lost its whether without you
Survival
Day celebrates possessions made.
Invasion
takes. Rapists made their way across the open strait
Pillagers
faked a stake, for God’s sake.
Find
us now, on Invasion Day.
Celebrate
Australia with a blood red steak.
We’ll
be dancin’ on your mother’s grave, as J.B. says.
For
God’s sake, change the date! Find a new one.
Bring
us back to an agreement. Time for treaty spent.
Maori
ancestry lent their wisdom and now they’re free
Culture
glows with pride. Bilingualism binds
Celebration now of nations. Identity high through language
association.
A lost Australia wonders how to build from debilitation.
Take
the babies, breed ‘em out.
See
the power of white mans’ flour.
Tribal
power constructs, destruct.
What
white man build up, obstructs.
Ancient
customs lost as generations drop through
For
God’s sake, change the date!
Find
a new one.
Bring us back to an agreement.
Let’s make a mends
Mate!
© Nathalie Sallegren