He was
Brought to life
On a pallet
They ripped off the
Shrink wrap
And he fell to the floor
He was wrapped in
A flannelette shirt and given
Some Taiwanese thongs
To wear to the bathroom
He grew up not expecting too much from life
His mum patched up all those tears
With liquid nails
And his dad showed him how to create a garden
Out of plastic
Still, sometimes he’d just had a gutful of life
But on a good day
He’d chew up a mouthful of gyprock cement —
And smile!
Snoop Bilby, aka Daniel Oxenburgh (Western Australia)
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