The Euphemisms of Trails: Save Walwalinj from the Mountain Bike Trails Proposed by the York Shire and the Western Trails Alliance
It all falls by waysides
in naming ‘prosperity’ —
whose is rarely in question
because it’s a state of being
we can’t afford to question?
Thunderbird reacts!
Wheatbelt ‘alpine’ seems
contradictory in the scouring,
but all definitions up for grabs
as vested parties push bikes
hard up the mountain:
parodying watershed,
parodying ley-lines,
parodying ecotones,
parodying lines of naming
parodying duration.
Thunderbird reacts!
Adrenaline’s fallout
over orchids so rare...
last refuge, plethora, haven.
Life out of reach
infuriates
those who claim
what’s not theirs to claim,
but they know the ins
and outs of colonial law.
Read the fine detail —
the letter, the clause... see
point... sub-sectioned.
Behind closed doors
it may seem to some
that Ballardong people
are a ‘hurdle to clear’ — a jump
on the path to stimulus. Protocols
written by... see government
guidelines. See trails carved
out of a purple mountain.
Thunderbird reacts!
John Kinsella
