Claudio Bravo
Sunburnt Country
hanging out with friends
after a hard day's yakka
her favourite thing
rain drops without roses
would be appreciated
it's drier than a dead dingo's donger
french washes and baths
measured in ice cream containers
oh the joy of country life
the wide brown land
is getting burnt to a crisp
and it's not yet summer
for all those in nsw
whose dreams are going up in flames
stay strong - rain will come
Surely you mean for us to laugh at this line:
ReplyDeleteit's drier than a dead dingo's donger
I mean, I couldn't help myself! I almost spat my coffee out on the keyboard! What a great way to begin my Sunday morning. Now, if only rain would come to quench the fires...
Bush humour...bit on the crude side:)
DeleteOh the hope that comes from struggle. Yea, verily the rain will come
ReplyDeleteSigh .. This tugs strongly at my heart! Hopefully the rain will come!
ReplyDeleteI am thinking of the fires burning..........and summer not yet begun. I do hope the rains come.
ReplyDeleteFor a country that is pretty dry we are fairly liberal with water allocation...and misuse! However South Australia will get their desalinisation plant working to help the eastern states.
ReplyDeleteI'm not so sure the rain will come; patterns are so changed.
ReplyDeleteI just read about the catastrophic fire incidents and warnings right up to Sydney. Hope everyone stays safe.
ReplyDeleteI feel this--we in California crisp up every year too
ReplyDeleteI hear the fires are 40 kms from Sydney and there is a smoke blanket over the city. My heart goes out to the firefighters grappling with the flames. Hope everyone stays safe.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It has never been this serious before in NSW.Fingers and toes crossed.
ReplyDeleteI love your approach to this topic, Rall, especially the Aussie humour, and and can't imagine what those fires must be like. I'd send you rain if I could, we have plenty of it at the moment, with floods up North.
ReplyDelete"dead dingo's donger," indeed! If the rains don't come more will dry and die, and so I wish I could send some rain your way. I pray for it. Those little ice cream containers are way too small. Love the song, and the brownness celebrated.
ReplyDeleteI laughed and your clever alliteration. I hope everyone gets rain down there, though I know I hope in vain with the way our climate is changing.
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