AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes

AUSTRALIA ~ The Antipodes
I love a sunburnt country / A land of sweeping plains / Of ragged mountain ranges / Of droughts and flooding rains / I love her far horizons / I love her jewel-sea / Her beauty and her terror / The wide brown land for me / ~ Dorothea Mackellar (1885-1968)

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Tuesday, August 18, 2009

When a journey begins badly...


Pic by Gemma Wiseman ~ A little moonlight sailing a stormy night in the Dromana Hills, Mornington Peninsula
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Carry on Tuesday #14 ~ When a journey begins badly it rarely ends well ~ The Floating Island ~ Jules Verne
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That boys' home was a brutal place
A poisonous environment
His happy disposition was beaten out of him
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The new template
A pack rape animal
In a criminal empire
A human shell
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And yet
This cancerous core could exude
Charm
Wit
Empathy
(Reserved for select women)
A hint of longing
To belong
Sometimes
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But there was robbery
Heroin dealing
And Roger Rogerson
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A strange liaison of
Detective and informant
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A crucible of corruption was
Simmering in the night spots of Sydney
Fast cars and
Fast women
The intoxication of money
Being paid and
Being paid off
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He was flying on
Vulture wings
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A wedding in Long Bay Gaol, 1980
Odd shot in
Odd places
Playing family life in Newcastle
And then
Regular trips
Back to Sydney's underworld
The secure wilderness
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But a wilderness tends to be riddled with
Many strange animals
Many strange skies and changeable weathers over
Many strange, mysterious places
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Heavy insane beer drinking
A man stabbed to death in a road rage
A prostitute's murder
Parkinson's Disease
Police protection lost
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He began behind bars
He ends behind bars
And Parkinson's Disease
Advances
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When a journey begins badly it rarely ends well
For anyone
Joining
The ride
Beyond
The darklands
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NOTE: This is based on the life of Neddy Smith, NSW, Australia.
Roger Rogerson was stripped of his badge for misconduct.
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5 comments:

Nadine said...

Благодаря за посещението!
Thank you for visiting!

poefusion said...

I love this poem. You've created such an interesting character and sense of place, surroundings. Sometimes one just doesn't get they need to change their habits for the better. Have a great night.

Stan Ski said...

If we start off lost, we never find our way home...

George S Batty said...

The violence of man against man or man against woman is horrifying and difficult to comprehend. nice writing

gautami tripathy said...

I was lost in it somewhere!

this journey started the right way

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