hold the bar with your right hand
and put your left foot
in the stirrup ...
instructions to mount a camel
as I did this dawn
with Florentina
grade 1 indigenous kid
smiling face
white knuckle hands
Kyba rose to his majestic height
and my arse felt each step
of his rolling gait
up the beach beyond
a rolling neap tide
Indian Ocean breaking up
attractive but deadly
with venomous stingers
so a cold shower
after the ride
twelve little blackfellas
under one shower
that's togetherness
that's community
I showered alone
in the comfort of
the Male Staff bathroom
knuckles still white
ps: just on school camp so had to sneak this email in between dinner
and fishing off the rocks >g<
Andrew
http://hispirits.blogspot.com/
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