The Death Of Joy Gardner
They put a leather belt around her
13 feet of tape and bound her
Handcuffs to secure her
And only God knows what else,
She's illegal, so deport her
Said the Empire that brought her
She died,
Nobody killed her
And she never killed herself.
It is our job to make her
The Emperor Of Tribalism
As most Nigerians remain ruefully lukewarm
about President Buhari's second term bid;
an ever-increasing multitude of potential
voters across ethnic divides, seem to be
enthralled by Atiku-Obi presidential ticket,
on the duo's restructuring manifesto and
remarkable track records of achievements.
It's as if the masses with full intent or
otherwise, have at last come to
8 Fragments For Kurt Cobain
1/
Genius is not a generous thing
In return it charges more interest than any amount of royalties can cover
And it resents fame
With bitter vengeance
Pills and powdres only placate it awhile
Then it puts you in a place where the planet's poles reverse
Where the currents of electricity shift
A Farewell Note.
I worked so long in the shadow of Bob Menzies,
that I was surprised when he did step down.
After a caucus vote, I stepped up to become
the seventeenth Prime Minister of Australia.
I knew I wasready for the top job.
At Immigration, I changed 'White Australia'.
As Treasurer, I knew all about the high notes,
and balanced the budget in decimal currency.
As Prime Minister, I sponsored a referendum
that recognized the Aboriginal people as citizens,
Jewel From The East
Life has many twists and turns,
To this, there is no doubt.
Sometimes Fate steps in to find
What we can't live without.
The road to you was mighty long,
Filled with doubt and fear.
The miles between us seemed to grow
With every passing year.
The Song Of Ninian Melville
Sing the song of noisy Ninny - hang the Muses - spit it out!
(Tuneful Nine ye needn't help me - poet knows his way about!)
Sling me here a penny whistle - look alive, and let me slip
Into Ninny like a father - Ninny with the nimble lip.
Mister Melville, straight descendant from Professor Huxley's ape,
Started life a mute for daddy - pulling face, sporting crape;
But, alas, he didn't like it - lots of work and little pay.
Nature whispered, 'you're a windbag - play your cards another way.'
América
I.
Although Tía Miriam boasted she discovered
at least half-a-dozen uses for peanut butter-
topping for guava shells in syrup,
butter substitute for Cuban toast,
hair conditioner and relaxer-
Mamà never knew what to make
of the monthly five-pound jars
handed out by the immigration department
until my friend, Jeff, mentioned jelly.
Immigration
Now Jordan's land of promise is the burden of my song.
Perhaps you've heard him lecture, and blow about it strong;
To hear him talk you'd think it was a heaven upon earth,
But listen and I'll tell you now the plain unvarnished truth.
Here mutton, beef, and damper are all you'll get to eat,
From Monday morn till Sunday night, all through the blessed week.
And should the flour bag run short, then mutton, beef, and tea
Will be your lot, and whether or not, 'twill have to do, you'll see.
Chinese Immigration
You doubtless read the papers,
And as men of observation,
Of course you watch the progress
Of Chinese immigration--
For thousands of these pigtail chaps
In Adelaide are landing;
And why they let such numbers come
Exceeds my understanding.
On Emerald Hill it now appears
Wheelchair Might
Get on the wheelchair
Bypass the immigration mire
Have your way swift
Through security check
Pretend you are disabled
Be an object of pity
Drag your feet
Like beggars on Bombay streets
Or put your parents on wheelchair
The Old Bullock Dray
Oh! the shearing is all over,
And the wool is coming down,
And I mean to get a wife, boys,
When I go up to town.
Everything that has two legs
Represents itself in view,
From the little paddy-melon
To the bucking kangaroo.
So it's roll up your blankets,
0029 It's Haircut Day
Oh dear it’s haircut day
I guess I should be grateful –
she comes round to the house
and cuts what’s left up there for
almost next to nothing, these days
she’s a bright cookie but
no conversationalist
so I attempt to make pleasant small talk
Russian Filtration Camps
On 17 June 2022 Mikhail Muzintsev,
head of the National Defence Control
Centre of the Russian Federation said:
'since the invasion 307423 children
were taken from Ukraine to Russia.
During the invasion 2.8 million people
were taken to Russia from the Ukraine.'
The new atrocity against humanity
Introspection-04
on this earth
I'm a traveler of two days like others
here I strongly believe
every traveler has own guide,
own immigration law, own passport
own traveling right
on this plentiful wealthy earth
every traveler
Immigration
People immigrate for food, shelter and clad,
It brings sometimes sorrow sometimes glad.
For immigration they do leave native place,
Some do with a hope to get wealth and bless.
Educationist like scientist or engineer,
Move towards another country to earn heavier.
There they serve and gradually they settle,
They forget their kindred, native land, cattle.
A Better World
China will be declared part of the Peoples Republic of Tibet;
Somalia will send food parcels to the Swiss and the Mexicans will build
a fence to prevent illegal immigration from the United States. There
will be a Queen in Saudi-Arabia and Pussy Riot will be elected to
the Duma. The Taliban will build a church in Kabul and invite the Pope
and his wife to open it. Fast food will slow down, the Israelis will
paint their nuclear weapons gay pink and ship them to Iran.
North Korea will be renamed Happyville.North Africa will accept refugees
The Round Table
. the round table
the round table painted in black
black why black
I thought
And the red rose standing still without rotting
For that is the plastic flower
One of them will talk of bollywood stars
and about good and bad film latest movies
one of them is a filmmaker
'Illegal Immigration'
A Honduran man left his kids and wife
To give them all a better life
Of no more hunger, no more thirst
No more waiting on misery to spread worse
On an 18 wheeler, he sneaks a ride
For days on in he hopes and hides
Riding through America, land of the free
Turned out nothing like it seemed to be
For when he ran off after the truck stopped today
He found himself as a hopeless stray
Aloha And Good Riddance
Mahalo was the greeting that is said in the 50th state,
What has occurred with the number of homeless people in Hawai'i could make Pele irate.
It is apparent that the homeless are not dumb.
The homeless in Hawai'i are a lot more than a 'beach bum'.
They live in a land of Hana Li.
But the state wants them out,
The state wants to fly them back to the mainland.
Hawai'i considers it cheaper to give them a one ticket out of paradise,
The homeless shouldn't think twice,
If you had a choice between smoggy filled LA, or cold and rainy Seattle,
The Undefined Saint Abdul Sattar Edhi
The candle extinguished but I see,
still not dark, many candles were lit,
a living candle, a source of light,
let the candles lit, we need it.
A saint and servant of all,
irrespective of languages and religions
Who was he? Can you define?
Let him remain undefined,
he was a sun he shined and will always shine.
(Saint Abdul Sattar Edhi