A.B.C. RADIO/ THE BUTCHER BIRDS OF SPIRY CREEK/
a.b.c. radio/ the butcher birds of spiry creek/
my dog binda/ approaches the ghetto blaster/ he
learns from it/ in a way which i can never learn/
whooping/ fluting/ natural sounds/ which i will
purchase/ from the a.b.c./ the essence of all i
am/ recorded on c.d./ i will view the exhibition
in brunswick st/ the extinction/ of the tiger/
the rhino/ the elephant/ melbourne is my zoo/ if
i was ever let out/ i would have nowhere to go
back to/ a wild kingdom is no longer screening/
& poachers are shot down/ from helicopter/ in
kenya's national parks/ & t.v. never told me/
that lions & cheetahs/ did more for the earth/
than just drag down their prey/ fifteen years
later/ a new idea/ tells my mother/ come & see
the last pandas/ on tour/ first stop/ taronga
prison/ bring the kids/ buy the postcard/ you
will never see this animal/ in the wild again/
& the panda doesn't care/ whether it's extinct or
not/ it only knows/ its quality of life/ in first
class cages/ it does not know/ its cuteness/ &
the teddy bear gaze/ of adoring tourists/ i can
never forget/ the wild/ a mystery/ binda listens/
& knowing it was there/ kept it living/ in me | 
