"yellow mellow; desiccation north"
on the radio
in the car
when I was driving home
the weatherman was chatting
to ms drive time
... and at home we say
if it's yellow
let it mellow
if it's brown
flush it on down ...
and then they went on to
using buckets in the shower
especially for the water that runs
until the hot kicks in
just like we do
~
today the government declared
fifty percent
maybe more
of this vast land
is subject to special circumstances
and drought relief
for another two years
each farmer can buy
five thousand dollars worth
of counseling
his borrowings subsidised
up to around about a half
of a million
and maybe he'll decide
to leave the land
his bowl of dust that used to green
in the spring
but
that's up to him
and god
perhaps
or maybe this time
it's the last of it
they say that four each week
find a brand new use
for bailing twine
in the heart of drought
on the edge of a ripe crop
of unreason
and a harvest of generations
swings
bitter kissed
by a hungry wind
that whispers desiccation
from the north
~
some days he said
our family can go all day
with just one flush
then segued
into the forecast
for tomorrow
fine again
© 2006 Frank Faust
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