Elias Greig on ecofascism and the settler invasion fantasy, Natalia Figueroa Barroso on Charrua language and colonisation, the winners of the Neilma Sidney Short Story Prize and Judith Wright Poetry Prize, new poetry and fiction from Angela Costi, Liam Ferney, Michael Farrell, Ouyang Yu, Tim Loveday and more.
OVERLAND 188 spring 2007 ISBN 978-0-9775171-5-2published 20 September 2007
The general becomes
do what I say and you will be free do what I say exactly and you will be free love me and you will be free love me and only me this way and you will be free vote this way and you will be free spend this way incur & repay debt this way and you will be free you in the deserts you will be free follow my lead freely and you will be free hate these fight these and you will be free work this way at this time in this place in this manner without complaint and you will be free kill these and you will be free wear this and you will be free suffer and believe and you will be free think this way vote this way criticise this way and you will be free spend and dream this way and you will be free rebel and wear your hair this way and you will be free lie down lie down of your own accord and you will be free give up all thought of justice and you will you will I promise you be free
© Chris Mansell Overland 188 – spring 2007, p. 78
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