Poem -
Sydney's Toilet
Where I lived 1985-1987
There are some blocks in the loo
Not lego and not w/c
I'm talking about the Housing in Waterloo
These towers of death have escaped inferno
Yet they remain set alight by Hell
Ghosts accost children there
Layer upon layer of bleak despair
Halls that echo the screems of DV
And broken down lifts damp with pee
A skirt of smashed glass surrounds the roots
Of these cement trees watered by booze
The blood of the bungee jumpers cries out from the earth
Its residents starved of dignified worth
There's no peace here but only violence
Days float by in eerie silence
Futures in this place are swallowed whole
No more hopes no more goals
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Hello Al...
So very sad...
That's just terrible...
I bet things things would change if the Government had to live in those conditions for at least 6 months to a year...
Thank you for sharing...
😭
sparrowsong
Yes. They'd change alright. We'd need a new batch of politicians to replace them (R.I.P) 😆 No way the crem-de-la-crem could survive 6 months 😅
WOW AL!!!!...this is amazingly sad, depressing, and heartbreaking......and you lived there?.......wow!!....I am happy to know that you escaped it.....but of course that's why you can write so vividly about it.....I could see the sad images because of how well you painted it in my minds eye.....A fine job of poetic delivery for a truly sad/dangerous place to live......ALL STARS & PINNED!!......well penned brother!!......LOVE & ROCKETS!!.....T xo : )
PS. What the heck is DV???
Thanks Tony, I am extremely blessed to have gotten out quick and to have had a life that breaks with statistic trend. DV = Domestic Violence (lots of it there, including under my roof as my mum's husband at the time had become an addict and alcoholic).
Amen AL!!.....I am VERY happy to know/hear that you are an exception to those terrible statistical trends.....seriously happy for you brother!!.....SHALOM!!......T xo : )
This is a fantastic write Al...you have captured desolation here. Whoever invented high rise and flats should be forced to live in one for eternity...horrible, soulless places...🤗
Desolation is a very apt word to describe it.
SHALOM
Hi al. Omg sounds like an awful place to live. No one should. So good you out of it. Obviously it left a mark in your life having experienced it in your descriptive words. Px💜
Yes... true, but sad part is that what was my 35 year old past is still many children's present. 😥
That is very sad. After all this time...has nothing changed? Hasnt the government got things in place to look after the vulnerable, especially children?? I dont know how it works in your country.
Px
No. And especially not for Aboriginal children 😥