tacit wizardry ( feastday )
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ok
so we had th medicine man
about to call th tribe together
to have a feast before crossing th desert
posted th page
logged off th net
wandered downstairs and
had a bowl of cereal
gotta do somethin while ya
eat it
munchies man
flick on th telly
she starts on th abc
oz
abc
and here's this guy
and a chick
crossing a desert
on camels
with a tribe of ppl
on other camels
cept th rest of th tribe
were cardboard cutouts
ah synchronicity
you love to **** with my head
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is everybody here ?
ok
white belly
we made you leader
and you fed well
out of th larder
larder's empty
and we're about to cross
the big desert
time for you to go into th larder
that's a big fat belly
we eat half today
and use th other half for th crossing
the witchdoctor
has spoken
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him fat white belly
dont know that summer ground
don need him now
he store fat nice in th belly yes ?
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greatest good for th greatest number
survival
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we have to elect a new chief
one not so lazy perhaps
waddle like a pregnant woman
at th back of th line
not a smart chief
the last one
takes us to th edge of a desert
for a crossing
with nuthing in th larder
and he th fattest thing in th camp
who stands among you that is smarter than our old chief ?
who should be done in about half an hour
talk amongst yurselves
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he only think of today
who think of his own belly first
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bad juju
full moon
night before
invasion day
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a medicine man has much to think of
for his ppl
smithie - australian aboriginal elder
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p.s.
sometimes th desert is ****ing cold
and th only way
to survive
is to huddle for warmth
will you check th colour of th skin
of th human being
next to you
but not th goat
or th camel
or th dog
or th cat
in your bed
survival is a team effort
it's not a tough decision
we cut up th long pig
or we dont ****ing walk across th desert
no food behind us ppl
white man building a housing estate there
decide...
