Dane's dead.
A modern day Burke
or Wills
found up near Coober Pedy.
Search parties
turned up a note.
Not Dig.
Just Help.
Poor Dane,
bogged,
snake bit,
near his car,
seeking traction
with a stick.
We tried to help, Dane,
All those posters,
tacked on shop windows,
taped round poles,
planted in front yards.
We were out there
with you, somehow.
We networked,
scoured faces,
hoped you might
just turn up
back in Diamond Creek.
But outback mud and viper
had other ideas.
bw
31.3.15
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