History or lies

History or lies? ? Alan Smith, April 2003

Did Harry Houdini
Go over Niagra
In a barrel?
Handcuffed?
Charles Blondin
Walked it
On higher wire
With stilts
Taller than stars

What of Sara Pippelini
Handing out Viagra
To the rabble?
She liked it rough
Fondling
Ten thousand naughty bits
Lighting fires
Under kilts
And inside bras

Maybe Benito Mussolini
Sold to Agra
His railway timetable
And made enough
Shiney shillings
Selling futures in porky bits
To retire
And eat curried mince
In the Taj with the Raj?

Why did Federico Fellini
Unload his camera?
Turn off his mobile?
Technology rebuffed
(not filming! Painting!)
Where pocket watches drip
And phones are held up by wires
Or lobstered for Dali-dins
With a burning giraffe what a laugh

Wally Greentree, that's me, aborigine
C/- The tent embassy, Canberra
Beholding? Unlikely! Servile?
God almighty, go get stuffed!
It's not true what you're saying:
You stole our kids!
You the damn liars!
We're the victims!
Try "Sorry" for a start