As he filmed,

He walked backwards.

He fell on his arse,

Stomach upwards.

	from ‘Buwarrala Akarriya’ (Journey East)

	Annie Karrakayn & Dinah Norman Marrangawi
the cameraman walked

with his back to history

filming the women
the stone was placed here

in the dreaming

to stop those 
who look to the future

without understanding

the past
the cameraman’s feet

danced for an instant

kicking up sand
on film the women

laugh for an moment

then there’s nothing 
but sky