This Town We Call Home

Remote, isolated, humid    
This town we call home
Hot and muggy  
Sweat trickles from every pore  
Red dirt and dust stick like glue  
A/C's provide little relief  
The Kimberleys, NW Frontier  
Torrential storms flood the marsh  
The Wet Season looms  
High tides buldge,    
Reaching record levels  
Majestic  Kimberlys  
Young indigenous kids    
Barefoot,    
They call the back streets home  
Booze, drugs, crime and police  
Few escape the cycle  
Resigned to the ongoing tension  
Majority are stubborn  
Few forge forward    
Hope blazing  
Strength alive  
Resilience necessary  
Only the  tough survive    
This town we call home




10/01/20
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