detour via another

Reconciliation Week

morning tea


                                   a line of councillors

                                   shake hands with

                                   Uncle Bryon Murphy 


                                        but mob rarely show

                                        my boss coarsely

                                        informs me


                                             as the town hall

                                             fills before 10.30


and newly elected polies

broker promises with

Aboriginal Health Co-op’s


                                                  as the last

                                                       GP packs up

                                                  unable to see through the

                                                  long queues

                                                                          and tired mums