I’ll draw you a map Vappodes phalaenopsis
cane toads gloat in the drainpipes dead kanakas
the salt the salt the salt the salt the sand…
a beer, so as not to seem unfriendly state of origin
missing plane the Stinson is still out there
Lumholtz’s tree kangaroo the mabi will not name itself
from the top floor can you see the gasfields?
yeah there’s a couple in the esky verandah time
a child when I moved here Cloudland demolition
place of stones the best years of my life
move north, Brisbane… continental drift
walking home to my hot house Jubilee Terrace
boom of the cassowary all the hairs on my neck
thunderstorm everything in its right place
in the canoe she has tuberculosis o susa bilong mi
maybe this time I’ll let go… cyclonic
gently, the bonsai released from the pot
