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Day One
IV. TOWN GOSSIP
6. A House Catches Fire On Incubation Avenue
The whole town racing to see the house burn down.
Dust on the streets chopped up by the running.
Guy brought the 4WD around & I jumped in.
"Does ya dad wanna come?", "Not this time."
Anyway, Guy & I could only watch from a distance.
There were too many people.
The whole town watching the house burn down.
The fire brigade in Bathurst Street took their time.
It must be a black fella's house.
Dad waiting inside behind the door,
for when we got home with the news.
At first we tricked him,
by saying it was someone he knew.
But it had no impact.
Then Guy went home
& dad said,
"Get ya house burnt down 'round 'ere now
& ya flat out gettin' the insurance.
They get sick of 'em.
Put a match to it, smash 'em up.
Sell 'em for abita plonk money.
Half the bastards 'round 'ere
wouldn't care if it was burnt down.
So long as they've got their pensions." |
