Where Have the Bush Marys gone?
I will no longer hide

The truth of the Bush Mary’s

She is the non virgin

Used by the carnal
She is her body

She is her blood

She has no voice

She comes out of the Bush

She comes out of the Dark

She comes out of the light

She returns to the dark
She is the Mother of the Bush

She is the Holy Ghost.


When Are the Bush Marys Coming?
Mary scrubs and cleans

Till her hands crack n bleed

Mary wants for nothing

Just perhaps a good feed

Mary hears the sound of the Whiteman’s whistle

Mary scrubs and cleans

Whilst trying not to bristle

Mary has been called

To stop work

To clock off

Mary scrubs and cleans

Till the shines so brite

Oh no is that the sun setting?

Mary prays to Mother Mary

‘Please get me thru another nite’?


The Ghost of the Bush Marys
The ghost of the Bush Mary’s

Like playing cards

These Bush Mary’s gave birth

To honouring the devine

Oh Mother Earth.
The women told the men

We gathered we

Young Mary first told Magdelene

Mary said He is risen!
3 Aboriginal women came

They took nothing

Strung coolamons

They left, bearing gifts
Woman carrying children

Honouring the divine

Fertility spirit

She is into Earth and

Marking older plains …