Carnivorous reptiles
\nFrequent the red earth
\nMaking their great holes
\nFor all of their worth
\nGathering food
\nLaying their eggs
\nAnd digging their burrowsWith their
\nScales legs<\/p>\n
The Perentie gigantic
\nMore than two metres long
\nThey can be a real handful
\nAnd it can all go wrong
\nThese totemic spirited souls of the earth
\nHave lived in the red
\nThey have died and given birth
\nTo the Dreamtime and stories
\nOf culture and life
\nThe fables the tables
\nThe instruction to strife
\nIn morpheme wherever the narrative went
\nThe Goanna discovered
\nThat it might have meant<\/p>\n
It\u2019s place in the Kimberley
\nLong long ago
\nIn the rock art along with the wanjinas flow
\nThe celestial beings
\nFeathered they be
\nThe gulaga serpents
\nWho seemingly
\nStill see respect
\nFor the Goanna who
\nStill digs his holes
\nWhich is what he does do
\nStill to this day eaten
\nThrown on a fire
\nVaranus by name
\nAdding heat to the pyre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Carnivorous reptiles Frequent the red earth Making their great holes For all of their worth Gathering food Laying their eggs And digging their burrowsWith their Scales legs The Perentie gigantic More than two metres long They can be a real … Continue reading