AUSTRALIA POSTAGE TWO POUNDS


AUSTRALIA POSTAGE TWO POUNDS     
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AUSTRALIA POSTAGE TWO POUNDS     



 

australia aged at rusted gunpoint

water spilt or poured on weapons & trees

a new era planted – an old one uprooted

 

 

Dave Drayton

Dave Drayton is a poet, writer and Overland poetry reader He is a founding member of the Atterton Academy, Kanganoulipian, and the author of E, UIO, A: a feghoot (Container), P(oe)Ms (Rabbit), A Pet Per Ably-Faced Kid (Stale Objects dePress) and Haiturograms(Stale Objects dePress). Find him on Overland and Twitter.

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