So Much for Study Week...
I'm suppose to be studyin'
But that 'Hard God' has put obstacles
In front of me.
Aggie ain't talkin' co's Dan's health
Is still not at ease.
Coralie told me to 'piss off '
I admit, she did say please.
And the 'screws' at the jail
Were bein' a bloody sleeze.
I'm suppose to be studyin'
Judith Wright hates my lines
Even after I told her ghost
I love her work.
She just looked at me with contempt
and told me I was a jerk.
I'm suppose to be studyin'
Then 'Jonas the Tracker' alerted the troopers
That I was flickin' through the pages.
Them bastards bolted on horse-back; orders from Adair.
I know there was a hangin'
I've watched enough CSI,
But I'm sure I saw someone laughin'
A white guy; tall with a bruised closed eye.
And just as I was about to
Indulge in Alex Miller's book
An ol' black woman jumped out
She was small and crook,
Threatenin' to put a curse on me.
I asked her, "What have I ever done to you?"
She said, "Budder you're a bloody kiwi!"
I'm suppose to be studyin'...
A 'Hard God' indeed.
By Ian Herd