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In short, sharing versus selfishness

 

In short, sharing versus selfishness

 

I have heard about

The Yolngu people

& gasped & sighed

& dreamed

& with my kite

Tacked with & against the wind;

Here in Dja Dja Wurrung country,

Returning,

Solitude for the Yolngu people

Is prohibited

It’s reason of ‘sorcery’

Offered

Pride & closed heartedness

Stunting & ending wisdom

Without love,

So much the better is

Living communally on

Country,

The sounds of

Nature:

Birds animals water frogs

Wind trees & bushes

Yarnin & laughter:

Relaxed,

Part OF country,

Not straining adrift to

Examine & stand apart,

& so, I write here

Amongst friends,

The sounds of

The sitting room

Food prepared,

The birds the frogs

A rabbit to be

Air rifle shot & eaten

People walkin & talkin &

A sneeze

The click tick

Of finished oyster shells

In the fireplace

Chewing noises

Pottery,

Life in good

Company

Cooperation

Cohabitation

Fellowship

Collaboration,

What has always

Sustained humanity;

& so as one chews

& another waters fills

The kettle for

The hob,

Clears his throat,

I write;

& tonight we

Jam a spontaneous

Unboundaried/

Undefined

Band,

Sobriety is

Intoxicating here,

Tonight we jam,

But first a rare game

Of scrabble

Where we don’t score

& find Talbot is

Not only a place name & surname

But a breed of near

Extinct hound,

We live in harmony

 

 

Published & Copyright Malachi Doyle 2025.

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