[BITList] An Australia Poem.

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>>                 //
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>>                     ***Australia Poem*
>>
>>                             **
>>
>>                             *TRUER WORDS WERE NEVER SPOKEN. . . .
>>                             MOVE OVER DOROTHEA MACKELLAR*
>>
>>                             Australia...Great poem....makes you think.
>>
>>                             When the shearing sheds are silent and
>>                             the stock camps fallen quiet
>>
>>                             When the gidgee coals no longer glow
>>                             across the outback night
>>
>>                             And the bush is forced to hang a sign, '.
>>                             gone broke and won't be back'
>>
>>                             And spirits fear to find a way beyond the
>>                             beaten track
>>
>>                             When harvesters stand derelict upon the
>>                             wind swept plains
>>
>>                             And brave hearts pin their hopes no more
>>                             on chance of loving rains
>>
>>                             When a hundred outback settlements are
>>                             ghost towns overnight
>>
>>                             When we've lost the drive and heart we
>>                             had to once more see us right
>>
>>                             When 'Pioneer' means a stereo and
>>                             'Digger' some backhoe
>>
>>                             And the 'Outback' is behind the house.
>>                             there's nowhere else to go
>>
>>                             And 'Anzac' is a biscuit brand and
>>                             probably foreign owned
>>
>>                             And education really means brainwashed
>>                             and neatly cloned
>>
>>                             When you have to bake a loaf of bread to
>>                             make a decent crust
>>
>>                             And our heritage once enshrined in gold
>>                             is crumbling to dust
>>
>>                             And old folk pay their camping fees on
>>                             land for which they fought
>>
>>                             And fishing is a great escape; that is
>>                             until you're caught
>>
>>                             When you see our kids with yankee caps
>>                             and resentment in their eyes
>>
>>                             And the soaring crime and hopeless hearts
>>                             is no longer a surprise
>>
>>                             When the name of RM Williams is a yuppie
>>                             clothing brand
>>
>>                             Not a product of our heritage that grew
>>                             off the land
>>
>>                             When offering a hand makes people think
>>                             you'll amputate
>>
>>                             And two dogs meeting in the street is
>>                             what you call a 'Mate'
>>
>>                             When 'Political Correctness' has replaced
>>                             all common sense
>>
>>                             When you're forced to see it their way,
>>                             there's no sitting on the fence
>>
>>                             Yes one day you might find yourself an
>>                             outcast in this land
>>
>>                             Perhaps your heart will tell you then, '
>>                             I should have made a stand'
>>
>>                             Just go and ask the farmers that should
>>                             remove all doubt
>>
>>                             Then join the swelling ranks who say, '
>>                             Don't sell Australia out'.
>>
>>                             Author unknown___
>>                             _
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