We knew something was up<\/p>\n
for it came early<\/p>\n
the great big truck<\/p>\n
was parked out in the yard<\/p>\n
we hadn’t had our breakfast<\/p>\n
it was late that day<\/p>\n
all of us were jumpy<\/p>\n
and on guard<\/p>\n
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the sun was beating down out there<\/span><\/p>\n already<\/p>\n I felt a sort of awe it just occurred<\/p>\n clearly we were off somewhere today<\/p>\n a last look around the light was<\/p>\n truly everywhere<\/p>\n and rattling chains and diesel smells<\/p>\n we heard<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n then they came and drove us to the vehicle<\/p>\n we were stumbling along<\/p>\n perhaps a bird.<\/p>\n I looked up to the blue sky<\/p>\n a bird flew over head<\/p>\n and seemingly<\/p>\n I heard the rustle of the<\/p>\n silver Eucalpt’s<\/p>\n and realized where<\/p>\n I quite soon could be<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n on the road to Freo<\/span><\/p>\n to the docks and off by sea<\/p>\n to somewhere far away perhaps<\/p>\n where we didn’t want to be<\/p>\n <\/p>\n up the ramps and into<\/p>\n this massive smelly truck<\/p>\n standing close together<\/span><\/p>\n now we knew our luck<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n had run out perhaps for ever<\/span><\/p>\n and how far would it be<\/p>\n we hadn’t had our breakfast<\/p>\n and were insight of the sea<\/p>\n <\/p>\n that saltiness that rolling motion<\/span><\/p>\n none of us could dare<\/p>\n to realize our future<\/p>\n and really why we<\/p>\n were there<\/p>\n <\/p>\n again the dock was noisy<\/p>\n and we were lifted aboard<\/p>\n tied up like a parcel<\/p>\n somebody’s reward<\/p>\n <\/p>\n on the ship we were frightened<\/p>\n all of us, we thought<\/p>\n were we going to our deaths<\/p>\n had somebody bought<\/p>\n <\/p>\n us all, what was going to happen<\/p>\n it was a dreary ride<\/p>\n the swell was giving us feeling<\/p>\n of nausea inside<\/p>\n <\/p>\n many of them shit themselves<\/p>\n many of them cried<\/p>\n you could cut the tension with a knife<\/p>\n and deep inside<\/p>\n <\/p>\n all of us were shivering<\/p>\n it wasn’t that it was cold<\/p>\n on the contrary its was far too hot<\/p>\n and really as it rolled<\/p>\n <\/p>\n we were tossed about and bruised a bit<\/p>\n this was our voyage to hell<\/p>\n we still had not been fed or watered<\/p>\n and were shaking from the smell<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I thought of that supposedly<\/p>\n sweet farmers wife<\/p>\n how she<\/p>\n had let him ship us off to hell<\/p>\n so bloody easily<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n she was always kind to us<\/span><\/p>\n soft hands and white face<\/p>\n we knew he was a bastard<\/p>\n and would have put him in his place<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n had we had the chance to do it<\/p>\n but why did she let this happen<\/p>\n we all loved her a lot<\/p>\n and we may not ever see her<\/p>\n so really this has got<\/p>\n <\/p>\n to me a bit I have to say<\/p>\n to be let down as well<\/p>\n by her too<\/p>\n to be shipped like this<\/p>\n away and into Hell<\/p>\n <\/p>\n the tedium was drawn out<\/p>\n the banality of it all<\/p>\n any field is better than this<\/p>\n rotten smelly stall<\/p>\n <\/p>\n this graceless ugly<\/p>\n miserable hold<\/p>\n really as hard as nails<\/p>\n the light was masked in shadows<\/p>\n such hopelessness entails<\/p>\n <\/p>\n a lot of understanding<\/p>\n and our understanding here<\/span><\/p>\n was lost in all this consternation<\/p>\n and misgivings and fear<\/p>\n <\/p>\n what I would give to taste<\/p>\n the humble buttercup or weed<\/p>\n some fresh green grass<\/p>\n to ruminate upon<\/p>\n the need<\/p>\n <\/p>\n was there to<\/p>\n demonstrate the order that I felt<\/p>\n rolling about \u00a0getting bruised<\/span><\/p>\n as fate clearly had dealt<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n a passionless voyage to no where<\/p>\n disillusioned by it all<\/p>\n sick in all my stomachs<\/p>\n abhorrent of the call<\/p>\n <\/p>\n many of us vomiting<\/p>\n humiliated by<\/span><\/p>\n the uncertainty<\/p>\n of our future<\/p>\n and if we were going to die<\/p>\n <\/p>\n many broken spirits<\/p>\n littered that hold that day<\/p>\n the hostility was everywhere<\/span><\/p>\n and why were we made to pay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n it was an abomination<\/p>\n the bitterness inside<\/p>\n and a lot of real time anger<\/p>\n that couldn’t be denied<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I thought about the Farmers wife<\/span><\/p>\n her soft hands and white face<\/span><\/p>\n always wearing pretty dresses<\/p>\n a bit of a nut case<\/p>\n <\/p>\n but always very kindly<\/p>\n towards me I have to say<\/p>\n I really thought she loved me<\/p>\n but she too tossed me away<\/p>\n <\/p>\n inside myself I am sad of course<\/span><\/p>\n I do feel so let down<\/p>\n Leaving dear Australia and bound<\/p>\n for Gaza town<\/p>\n <\/p>\n to the unexpected horrors<\/p>\n the heat, the flies, the knife<\/p>\n Born \u00a0out in the countryside<\/p>\n and where I may lose my life<\/p>\n <\/p>\n is in some blood racked smelly abattoir<\/span><\/p>\n beside the \u00a0salty sea<\/p>\n in a cramped up blood soaked room<\/p>\n my legs tied painfully<\/p>\n <\/p>\n as some vile sod with a rusty blade<\/p>\n hacks away at me<\/p>\n I try alas to escape the pain<\/p>\n that just goes right through me<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I dodge the knife a few times<\/p>\n but he sticks it in my eye<\/p>\n the pain is excruciating<\/p>\n all I can do is cry<\/p>\n <\/p>\n and try still to avoid him<\/p>\n if only I could bite<\/p>\n his bollocks off or something<\/p>\n before I lose the light<\/p>\n <\/p>\n but |I am not a carnivore<\/p>\n I was not made this way<\/p>\n but this bastard he needs taking down<\/p>\n a peg or two today<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The knife comes in ahrgh!!!! I felt that one<\/p>\n my jugular has gone<\/p>\n I am losing blood like a fountain<\/p>\n my thoughts now they are on<\/p>\n <\/p>\n I am losing it<\/p>\n a few more thoughts of the beauty<\/p>\n <\/p>\n of \u00a0my mother<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>I saw her face so clearly<\/span><\/p>\n then she was gone and I was too<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n but I know now<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n #<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n #<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n #<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n was camped out in the yard<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We knew something was up for it came early the great big truck was parked out in the yard we hadn’t had our breakfast it was late that day all of us were jumpy and on guard … Continue reading