Life Style Choices (for Tony Abbott)

Choosing to live

In glossy magazines

Or taking retirement

By the rolling sea

Bears nothing to the tie

To Land felt by our

First Nations

There is no choice

The land is sacred

Spirit formed

These people are bound

To their patch of dirt

Which you stole from them

And now you want

Occupancy justified

By earning wages

Like the white invaders

Who imported a culture

Utterly alien

To their creed?

They will hate your IKEA

Burn your House and Garden
Smash your housing policy

Hose down your liberal ardour

So what’s left?

White supremacy?

You tried that

It left an odious legacy

© shaun patrick green 2015

Bad Behaviour

You forgot to mow your lawn

Not that bad

Woke at 9am with a yawn

Not that bad
Last night was a blast

Not that bad

Can’t find the keys to the car

Not that bad

Eggs and bacon for breakfast

Not that bad

Afternoon delight with the missus

Not that bad

A gathering sense of warning

Not that bad

Tony Abbott is dismissive

Not that bad

Hockey says tax cuts undelivered

Not that bad

Taking Candy from liberal babies

Not that bad

Assaulting rich old ladies

Not that bad

Messing with Medicare

Not that bad

Spending 4 billion on defence

Not that bad

Keeping children in detention

Not that bad

Keeping anyone in detention

Not that bad

You’re not that bad

As far as bad is understood

The worst you ever did

Was pretend that you were good

© shaun patrick green 2015

Surgery.

Tomorrow my wife

Goes under the knife again

Well used to wielding it

In a world of men

Now she relies on them

To complete her femininity

The irony is not lost on her

Nor is the spectre of cancer

It has drifted into our lives

Like a distant relative

Over staying its welcome

I will mollify our child

Well trained in bedside manner

Perhaps more so than most doctors

They will poke and prod her

Consider the volume of her drains

I will tend and mend

Bring her toothpaste, magazines

Her chest a battleground

For forces microscopic, unseen
All of us willing her
Through the strength of our love
To make the world a better place
As it is below, so it is above

© shaun patrick green 2015