Written in response to the foriegn affairs policies of the Keating government, in particular the manner in which human rights abuses were over-looked in Malaysia, Indonesia and East Timor (1993).
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Hey, Mr Malaysian Prime Minister
I'm you're friendly Mr Australian Foreign Minister Man
I got a pall of apologies
I got a swag of oppurtunities
I got economic rationalism … Continue Reading ››
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Die like a tourist
Written in the Philippines for Black Harlequin (1992), a spoken word opera. Performed solo and with the Fierce Throat Choir.
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Die like a tourist
Your mama said you would
Crawl like hugo clockwork
Draggin chains from Daisy's wood
You got blistered nipples so colourSo tortured by the sun
Mama's doin time
While you load that special gun
Feet been walkin charcoal
Easter Island ruby … Continue Reading ››
Free of Sin
Written for Black Harlequin, (1991) a spoken word opera.
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JSL
JSL NON
JSL
JSL NON MEE
JSL
JSL NON MII
JSL JSL JSL
I love the way breeze pulls at your hair
Unravels the tussles, leaving your fingers bare
Fingers clutching out of extinction
When all them bones shake off their graves
I love the moon fixed in its stare
Watched by … Continue Reading ››