Day One
IV. TOWN GOSSIP
15. Concentric Circles
the concentric circles & Gunderbooka totems remain guarded,
fragmented, & as aloof as an elder with sealed lips, sun ripe
& wind blown, it's as though some secret of the land is locked
inside them, its big silence drawing me into its deep time,
judging whether i am ready, to be on the in, i am fearful with
this desire to belong, fearful that in the end, i will be cast out
along the ruined land, beneath a full white moon, half living,
half knowing nothing, in Muruwari country |