Blues+for+Woomera

Blues for Woomera #2 Nick Allen (2002)

Let me dig my own grave If it helps ease the burden upon you Let me dig thro this iron baked crust Thro this land forged hard in your image. Arid. Free from water and compassion. It is back-breaking work, but Let me dig my own grave If it helps ease the burden upon you.

Allow me to hang myself with a noose Made of your gentle razor wire that will slice and choke. And I will save you the trouble of a <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Trial or a hearing. I will save you <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">The inconvenience of building a gallows, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Or even the cost of my return fare, so <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Allow me to hang myself with a noose <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Made of your gentle razor wire that will slice and choke.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Permit me, if you will, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To fall into a pool of my own blood, at my child's feet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">I will slash my own skin and sever my veins <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Causing my blood to pump and splash to the floor <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Where it will mingle with the dust of this arid place <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">There will be no blood on your hands, so <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Permit me, if you will, <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">To fall into a pool of my own blood, at my child's feet.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Let me dig my own grave <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">If it helps ease the burden upon you <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Let me dig thro this iron baked crust <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Thro this land forged hard in your image. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Arid. Free from water and compassion. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">It is back-breaking work, but <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">Let me dig my own grave <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">If it helps ease the burden upon you.

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 120%;">accessed at: 'Refugee Action Committee', Poems from Baxter: http://www.refugeeaction.org/rac/poem.htm