Natalie Harkin, Narungga
White Picket Fence
don’t border protect me advance australia fair me cultural cliché me
through white hetero-centred normality don’t try make me straight to
open the gate don’t white picket fence me in… don’t nuclear power me
salt water shower me thicken my air with war and despair don’t
concrete my earth medical model my birth don’t white picket fence me in
don’t censor my media with small minded trivia or colonise the space
to put me in my place don’t judge my choice silence my voice don’t white
picket fence me in… don’t dig up the sand of My Grandmother’s Land to
pour a foundation meant for my salvation to cement me in tight make
me nice and polite then deny me my right to protest and fight but this
cannot stop me from thinking . . .oh black-pink-green alliance be clever
in defiance of conservative leaders who oppress diverse thinkers who shout
reconciliation through cultural assimilation who value individual
wealth through black bloodshed and stealth who choke out debate
with their security gate to white picket fence us in.
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