Poem

Lionel Fogarty

Side by side

TOKEN BLINDFOLDED ADVISORY ABORIGINAL COUNCIL ZIG ZAGS NEWS WE BLAME YOUSE

TO PAINT ABOUT TODAY ‘IN ABORIGINAL WAYS’
MUST FIND VERY HARD TO ART THE TACK
CONNING DOWN OUTBACK ARTISTS
THEN TOLD GET OUT OF ARTIST SURROUND
WELL A PAINT GOT TO BE DANCED
           GOT TO BE PROVED
             GOT TO BE REVOLUTION
BEAUTY AND LIVE AND LINE
TO EVEN SIT ON THE GROUND IS DANCING
WITH OUR SPIRITS
TO LEAVE BEHIND A SHONE MOON
AND NOT CONJURE THE ACTION
TO THE PLACE OR FALLEN LOVE
SADNESS IS SOMETHING ALL FELT
THINGS UNDER SAME RAIL
ROCK TREE DIRT SAND WATER
WE ARE YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS
SOCIETY OF NO CARING WE ARE
NOT IN NEED OF YOUR HURTS
PAIN COMES IN MANY AND CUTS ACROSS ALL RACES
AND IF AN ORIGIN IS TOLD
NOT TO BE FORCED IT’S OLD
PAINT US THEN SPEAR
BOOMERANG WARRIOR SHIELD CLAPSTICK
A VOICE HEART BEAT TO THOSE FORGOTTEN ARTISTS
PROJECT REALISATION NEUTRAL INVASION
HAPPEN EVERY WHICH WAY; HERE AT PRESENT
AREAS ARE LEGISLATIVE LEGS FOR A RUN
BY PROVING OUR GATHERING AS THAT
WE DO SOCIAL DYING
LIVES ALIVE
2.
NATIONAL TOPIC ARE NOT HARD ARTS
PITJANJATJARA BE US
PITJANJATJARA ME FELLA GAS BILLS
BY SYSTEM MINING
REALITY SOUTH
BOTH FARMERS ARE PURCHASED
IN CHASING ENVIRONMENTAL
BE US THREATENED
HIM I DON’T TAKE
YET HE MOVE LATE WITH PASTORAL ACT
SHE HAND MINISTER FOUNDATION
THAT WE IS REAL ESTATE WITHOUT PAPERS
OUR COUNCILS LOBBY DESERTS
CAUSE ‘HARMONEY’ GOT WINDED
VOTING WAS NOW ALL FOR NOBODY
THIS SEEMED GOOD TO PITJANJATJARA
PASSAGES OF SOIL
STEPPED OVER RELATING LEGS
TWELVE MONTHS OVERGRAZING
HOUSES TURNED PARLIAMENT
THEN RABBITS CLAWED
ALIEN RULES LANGUAGED BEHAVIOUR
HISTORICAL
LIKE WHAT YA WHITEFELLA VICTIM US
DRAFT ASSISTING DEMANDS
WHEN OUTSTATION ALREADY THERE
PITJANTAJARA RETREATS
WHAT EXECUTIVE VALUE WANTS
WHEN WE SELL GUT HEART BRAIN TONGUES
FOR YOUSE SO
COME ON DOWN
AND FREEHOLD US
3.
ABOS THAT ARE IN THE PIT OF ASSAULTING JARS
MY PITJANTAJARA CRY
A SAD MELTING LAND RIGHTS
COPE NO MORE
DON’T DO IT.
THE FIGHT STILL CRIES
CRY FOR YOUSE
I DON’T HATE WHITE PEOPLE
I DON’T SAVE BLACK PEOPLE
I WON’T HELP KILL YOU
STRANGLED OPPRESSED RUSHING AFRAIDNESS
FOR YOUSE
BUT PURSUE FREEDOM I DO
BUT KILL INDUSTRY RACIST I DO
JUSTIFY TO YOU I WON’T DO
FUCK YOU
PLANNED OPPORTUNISM I WILL DO
SHIT; AGREE WE HUMAN
WISH I’M UNITY WITH YOU
MUST BE REALNESS
I DON’T LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER FOR FUN
I DON’T SADDEN YOUR FEELINGS FOR FUN
I WON’T LIVE WAYS YOU GIVE
KNOWING IT CEASES WHEN YOU WANT IT TO
I WON’T LAY MY MIND TO BE PICKED
I WILL FORM MY BODY FRESH
I WILL LOVE YOUR CHILDREN
BUT FUCK ME WHEN I SAVE YOU
SOMETIMES THAT’S ALL I DO
ALL I HATE IS JUST SOCIETY
EVEN IF IT IS MADE UP OF WHITE
WHAT IS FREEDOM
    WHAT IS HELPING
WHAT IS HUMAN FEELING
I SURE KNOW; CAUSE I LOVE ALL
I SURE FIND BONES
LIFE SAME SO WE APPRECIATE
SAVE; HELP; HATE FOR BADNESS
       IN HUMANNESS
‘DESTINY TO A MURRI CAME DISTRAUGHTING’
NURSERY RHYME GAVE LOT OF LOTS
MURRIS EAR HURTS
TWINKLING SHADOWS = BLAZING PAST PASSED
BODY HANGING
OUTLIVES TREE