Crikey

[munkinhead]

The wombats are all pencil thin,
the famine is that fierce.
I haven't a fair nipple
that I might let them pierce.

The cattle all died years ago,
voracious toads were next.
I haven't paid the phone bill,
but there's no one to text.

I don't know why I hole up here,
unless I am plain dumb.
I'll be still and ponder that
and perch upon my thumb.

[Delta40]

OmMG is this Steve Irwin Hell or something? lol.

First I thought of him because of the title
Second I thought of him because of his piercing death
and third....well it was too late by that stage because all I could see was the Himbo in a really bad Toyota ad saying 'Crikey!'

I hope I was as accurate as the stingray.....and if I am not, I hope you have a sense of humour!

[deryk]

I read this as the stupidity of settling in inhospitable territories or the stubbornness of biding time in a blighted land or drought. It is a wonder with so much uninhabited terrain on the planet why people would choose to live in some places. I think the invisible lines we draw across the globe are the real source of the problem here. People can only contend with so much.