Should I gift you

topaz, cameo
or amethyst

a string of gemstones
seems to be
the right band
for your satisfaction!

I love it on your wrist

I hate though
to see
your beauty
enchained.

when you were young
did you ever lay down in the back of a ute
as mum and dad drove up the drive
and you slid your hands over the edge
to massage the dirt below
billowy clouds arose
of dust and ash
they rose like giants, men and kings
and fuck it was beautiful

a question now, I do implore
where's Tommy's tune?
a lad to make you sad, heartsore
poor of fortune
bereaved of mum and dad at birth
an orphan thus deprived of mirth
on corners begs with plate and spoon
where's Tommy's tune?

emaciated, headed for
an early tomb
for supper Tommy Tucker scores
a bowl of gloom
so after you've been bathed and fed
and tucked up there all snug in bed
with Mamma's lullaby's soft croon
where's Tommy's tune?

A full moon shineth bright at dusk
On Nissan fourteen at sundown
Millions observed memorial
On Nissan fourteen at sundown.

In the twilight Jesus stood trial
On Nissan fourteen at sundown
That fateful night Jesus thus died
On Nissan fourteen at sundown.

Judas betrayed him with a kiss
On Nissan fourteen at sundown
For thirty pieces or silver
On Nissan fourteen at sundown.

Jesus ate with his eleven
On Nissan fourteen at sundown
As his betrayer sealed his fate
On Nissan fourteen at sundown.