A Conversation with Uncle Michael

in Drummond St. yes
a long time ago
very near the city
plenty of green
thats what you want
after all (one day
my brother came in
another long list of
banks ‘CLOSED
PENDING RECONSTRUCTION’
not a bit of truth in it
that
Captain of the Cinque Ports
he said that no-one
knew more
about the Australian economy
than he did
the vanity of Man
one day Menzies
will be known as
The Great Liquidator
first the British
then the Japanese
now the Americans (we
can thank him for
selling out our
mineral resources
it was a different story
in New Zealand
land distribution for
the Maoris
fine athletes
i/d like to go back there some day
& Tasmania (a good walk
everyday
it helps the constitution
i looked down from the hill
could see all around
follow the Plenty
for miles
& not a cloud in the sky.