Holocaust Island by Graeme Dixon

Author:Graeme Dixon
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction/General
ISBN: 9780702249143
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2008-12-31T22:00:00+00:00

Pension day

The natives are restless

in their State Housing homes

Unmarried mothers

are no longer alone

Relations are arriving

from near and afar

Social Security pensioner

today you’re a star

Anxious glances

are cast up the street

Postie has a timetable

he never ever keeps

Dad swears one day

he’ll wring his white neck

Mum says don’t worry

he’ll lob in a sec

Young yorga’s15 dream

of new jeans and shoes

Yong men scheme

to cadge money for booze

Petrol for cars

more than two dollars worth

Then it’s off to the TAB

To invest in the turf

Even dogs and kids

are running amok

they know boya16 will fly

when the oldies are drunk

Cokes and lollies

and everything nice

Wishin’ wouldn’t it be moorditj17

if pension days fell twice

Postie has been

cheques have been changed

Food and drink

have been all arranged

Dad cracks a bottle

passes it around

Says let’s have a charge

then piss off to town

Town she jumps

on pension day nights

Girls looking for boys

boys looking for fights

Tomorrow they’ll be hungover

some sore—most quiet

But who gives a shit

coz tonight Noongahs RIOT!

15 yorgas—girls Back

16 boya—money Back

17 moorditj—good Back

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