and some drinks ON the rocks I hope.
a fun cultural dip Andrew
KS
On 21/11/2007, andrew burke <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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
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