Gangurrru

Respect is sadly lacking
For the iconic Kangaroo
Farmers send them packing
Governments do that too
Creation the most splendid
Discovered long ago
The need for a pack macropods
Part of the great flow

Of energy for Australia
A survivor that could be
Adaptable and reasonable
To the land and so we see
These very unusual animals
Whose ability outshines
All others which is probably
Why its name enshrines
The coat of arms
The airline
The air force
And some coins
The international rugby shirts
Infact its name conjoins

Almost every element
Creations greatest gift
MOTHER Natures farmer
With that all important lift
Planting and dispersing seed
Everywhere they go
Preventing soil erosion
They really truly know
The importance of their actual place
Though ruminants they be
Able to discharge the gas
And transform it purposefully

Cattle and sheep however
They chew the cud ofcourse
But are highly pollutive
Methane is a force
Roo’s convert to acetate
Which creates their energy
Made to survive the arid plains
And biodiversity

Manunkind is ignorant
Too ignorant for words
And tragically he is arrogant
Away with the birds
Too much of what he does relates
To his ego and his bank
Balance and his balance sheet
And in that case he is a rank

Outsider in the race to be
A hero in this world
A carer and a giver
Not a taker that is hurled
Into the works of many
Providing a lot for the few
Their design was well thought out
And sure
Really a dream come true

And to think that farmers
Abusing cattle have the new whip hand
Not only to illtreat and cripple
But fail to understand
The true proliferation
The refashioning of life
What is the true production
Without the need for strife

What is the power of the many
The almighty spiritual power
The potency and the energy
Thats available every hour
The life force and the staying power
The unflagging way to be
Reinforced by Aeons of culture
Wild and free

Whereas the weakness of the farmers
Vast water reserves they need
Methane gas production
The land ruined indeed
And its all about the balance sheet
The meat trade so to say
Everything must suffer
But not be costed
They get away

With too much the true cost
Of flesh sold in the superstores
The air contamination that water
There are scores
of costs which
Are just lost in figures
But the bottom line
Needs really to be tripled
And paid for by those who dine

The cattle and sheep will all be killed
Its a negative charge we see
A never ending soup kitchen
For the farmers who now be
On handouts at the lobbyists ear
And allowed to scream and gripe
Putting up fences and shooting Roo’s
Which in essence is so much tripe

There is no moderation
Its violence all the way
Strong arm tactics murdering
We see it everyday
Cruelty and torture
It shouldnt be like this
The Kangaroo is a saviour
Designed to offer bliss