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Allegal Poetry- Anno Domini-FSM TAUA 19591. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Throwing Acorns Gone the Wer, the Bot and the Wite In Memoriam- Operation High Tower The Siege The Trial of Loki Hooves and Horns of Steel Christmas Possible The Fifty Pixie by the Fire grain of sand

10. This 11. Yo

ho ho n a bokkle a Rum Atoa Tangata Tangata

12. Samoa

13. Tangata 14. Holy 15. A 16. A

Madman

prophecy -Land-bones-blood Barristers Last Plea

17. Blackstones 18. Atua 19. Life

Warning

or Death - A tattooing chant

20. The

Secret They Fear - One Supreme Law - Atua ma le Fa'aSamoa exsquisiclitorious

21. Swife 22. Now

you!

What do you say your number is? Ive got a room for

23. Mine 24. Under

the Mat

25. Sourplus

Throwing Acorns 7 January 1980 Anno Domini

Throwing acorns at the oak outside my door I know more peace than I ever did with you.

Gone the wer the bot and the wite 1996 Anno Domini Criminal law? Dont go there if its money you seek? Civil Law pays far better, three times as much I have heard!

Poverty despair mental anguish rigidity unlove we meet it everyday. And thats just our brethren and schwestren at the bar! I'm joking! We are the accident and emergency of the moral world! People are rushed in stressed, out of control slightly mad restrained at times We seek to tame their wild asses.

But what of Jesus ? "He was despised and rejected of men ; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief and we hid it as it were our faces from him; he was despised and we esteemed him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows yet we did asteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted But he was wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his stripes we are healed Is it better that ten are convicted that none escape the wrath of the law? Clearly not! You'd like to meet some people at the bar. Peter Paul and Mary Steve Aaron Kieran and David Stephen Ron Kevin and Martin Colin good to see you Robyn Karena and Karen Kahu Adam and Johnny K Rose Lorraine and Mary T Ted Louise and Victoria There goes Geoff Set the sinners free Is that the plea Or is the system itself at fault? Is greed their crime or profit. Was it business or empty words at the tavern overheard?

Oh you'd like to elect trial by jury? Twelve good and true more or less Random double six Tangata Whenua Tangata Pacifica Tangata Tiriti Gods of fate above the law Aries Taurus Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces In 1670 in Bushells Case It was established that the judges had no power to punish a jury for its verdict and thereafter jurymen became the uncontrolled judges of the facts. They can without fear of consequences to themselves disregard the suggestions of the judge and find what verdict they think fit. No logic required! Good luck!

In memoriam- Operation High Tower 27 June 2003 Anno Domini Prosecutors Yon Imperial Court allege debauchery on grand scale swore Imperial Magistrate & village folk Of bandits, gypsy king and alchemist Imperial guards bound the Gypsy flanked

Will Greybeard, Coal giant, Thunder and Rain Peter Piper mixer of potions destroyer of dreams And sweet Leonardo guest to the banquet Seven and I from the Halls of Justice By art the Snake, the Chameleon, the Owl, Vlad, Lord Brinn'n Chambers, the Norman,'n I, assisting Lady Teacup and Grewer Young Leonardo a cousin I am called from my studies Wu wei Like spiders leven weeks wove woe, Famlin, Nortson Lovechild, e Priesta Imperial Accusers three Aryl the Sherrif, Sargeant Tricky and the Marten Minions to the Lords of Fate Lugh Guillame High Lord Fate Astride judgement sceptre aloft Each day players call praise to the Lord Cast dice at his feet. Hail Lord Fate ! "Set the sinners free" Is that the plea? Or is the system itself at fault? Is greed their crime or profit! Was it business or empty words at the tavern overheard? Twelve good and true more or less random double six Tangata Whenua, Tangata Pacifica, Tangata Tiriti Gods of Fate above the Law Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces.

Friend of Pooh Unwanted guardian of dark murmurers Elbow jostler butcher and barker Drunken monkey bull of heaven Seek not my banner "One of Us" It's for the Bro and Me. One, two, then three Earth, water, fire, wind Void Vrill Ohm Wu wei Walk on to the day of Judgement Lords of Grief Leonardo - the Fair - his love. The student returns to his studies.

The Siege 24 July 2007 Anno Domini When the clock struck 13 We knew we were lost

Our time up yet still must Hurtle not round and round the clock But off the face, distracted, disenchanted To another place Leningrad. Herr Blitzkrieg had much to say he smiled and sneered as if in play Yet with the passing of each day As if underwater bubbling away his speech agarble though lucid and elegant came ajargle German, French, Italian, Swedish, Hottentot and Cantonese He was speaking none of these His prose it soared and dived and blew Straight through our ears without a clue Myriad names he dropped and caught Flashed his chops and dropped us short By day 3 he told us thered be 3 more The gypsy Sailor stamped and swore One juror fainted hitting the floor Two passed away would there be more? Lord Talon. Lord Fate. Lord No! All Hail Lord Fate. Lord Talon. A holiday declared for all Nine whole days The stars align with Her Majestys birth In this way restored our mirth. The siege delayed upon our senses After Blitzkrieg left us senseless

Day 4 the jurors cried No No No more Though holidays beckon 2 further days our pain wont lessen Barely can stifle yawns Before we slump afloor. Cruel and unusual punishment indeed We recall on parents knee Better a smack easily forgotten Than the lecture no easy escape Of kids and adults good and bad And tales of Johnny Rotten Full 3 days more he bored us all Till the ref cried Halt Day 4 a call from the floor Struck him like a lightning bolt He spoke of wholes and yet was halved And halved again once more What was his plan? Who knows? Eh, What? What did he say again? He spoke of pockets. Of halves and wholes Wheels and nights on the town Of breakfast dinner and lunch And doing it all again unknown males demand what unknown females demand when a dragon Puff made a guest appearance and chased them round and round. Where 12 stood to judge 12 ten pondered the fate of 8 Who supplied? Who made? Who planned what ? Do Details matter - time and place ?

Or is it all Fate? Blitzkriegs charm had reaped the field They led 6 down the 7th flew The 8th released to wander(to be continued)

The Trial of Loki 16 January 2008 Anno Domini V1 While sitting on his cot Loki did Jot a recipe for Moonshine From a fella down the line when he was doing a lag For beating his old dad.

V2 1 part of pain + (plus) 2 parts of rain listerine and sugar Nugget and Filler The Devil's snot

Shoot ya ta the moon If the hangover dont kill ya V3 While skulking round the block in regular rhyme with his Valentine -Mary Jane He chance upon Nikita pert tight little cheater Alabaster White she keep him up all night It was on her ,off her, on her, off her V4 He thought he was their mate Not that piece of shit at the gate While making coffee for all His Prints afar did whorl When in Stroll should Plod Acting like a god! sent all but him to Ned Locked em up in a garden shed He fled back to bed to his Valentine Mary Jane And pert tight Nikita! V5 Sergeant PreYap & MJ Fireinside Left to guard the yard No one told Ned they did share - a bed She snapped a pic of Jack schmoozing out the back snuck around the house naked as a mouse No gremlin should be blamed

That things were rearranged.

V6 8 hours in the clear up went a cheer slipped into the room loco locomotion "Mary Jane! Mary Jane! (shudder )- Nikita, Nikita Sweet fire inside Aah-Love and devotion." V7 Loki no pay rent So come the main event the recipe was found Was it Moonshine he did make or is he just a flake "I'm a drunk', he cried "OP my pride. a parasite! No pirate no Knight Four when i've fed i'm straight back to me bed Nikita. I love ta eat her and shag my mary jane.

V8 Star billing in the morning A soprano full of yearning One B to another

Did say while high on a wire brother, Dont fear the dawning This morning glorys no Ace Shes a bloody disgrace Ive got her personal diary Lets fast forward this enquiry You cover me back Watch hard Jack Thats why I bought you in Dont let in a pin! Hey Ho Hey Ho Ho hum In the absence of the Jury a choir did play inner Bar Outer Bar Over the Bar under inner Bar outer Bar tea and Jelly Roll V9 Mornings yawning dawning come a rear attack from the QT in the back No thought of shared glory No thought to hole the ace He sprayed his mate With mace Them two they came to blows One bloodied the other's nose Your No Good he said and i shall see you dead Hey Ho Hey Ho Ho hum In the absence of the Jury

a choir did play inner Bar Outer Bar Over the Bar under inner Bar outer Bar tea and Jelly Roll V10 they asked me to move 'cos i was in the groove to me it did not matter all this empty chatter Return to the Game Don't one another blame! Cut the doom and gloom! Lets shoot baskets round the room!

Hey Ho Hey Ho Ho Hum. Inner Bar Outer Bar Under the Bar Over outer Bar inner Bar Tea and Jelly Roll V11 Play the Ball Play the Ball that's what me father said Don't use it as an excuse to kick em in the head Hey Ho Hey Ho Ho Hum. Inner Bar Outer Bar Over the Bar under Inner Bar outer Bar Tea and jelly Roll

V12 So at great cost the fricking match was lost Hey Ho Hey Ho Ho Hum Inner Bar Outer Bar Over the Bar under Inner Bar outer Bar Tea and jelly Roll V 13 Never let it be said that life at the bar is dead The way it goes with its highs and lows It still retains its cred Ad hominem ad hominem Just like at school To call someone a fool Dont worry about the facts Just shout! I can see your crack. Hey Ho ,Hey Ho, Ho Hum. Inner B Outer B Under the B Over outer B inner B Tea and Jelly Roll

O Lord of Order of Space and Time

15 December 2007 Anno Domini From The Pirate [Yet not written] [written to The Lord of Order of Space and Time]

Socrates distinguished those who pursue higher and lower pursuits,

Those who have no experience of wisdom and goodness, and

do nothing but have a good time, spend their lives straying between the bottom and middle in our illustration, and never rise higher to see or reach the true top, nor achieve any real fulfillment or sure and unadulterated pleasure. They bend over their tables, like sheep with heads bent over their pasture and eyes on the ground, they stuff themselves and copulate, and in their greed for more they kick and butt each other with hooves and horns of steel. [ this section not spoken but read in the Mind.-these describe the musical qualities of his speech] [Gently like a harp hurrying onwards with vigour boldness and spirit firmly sweetly and tenderly then more so in frugal style maintain speed caressingly but not too much with great feeling playfully gradually slowing dying away

tenderly and calmly dying away.]

I ask of Thee.[suave] Excellency [arpeggiare] i seek a boon. Pray tell me. i ask. What tis I seek of Thee?[ Affretendo, Brio, Bravure] Coil not like the dragon on thee pile of gold! Ye know me - the Pirate. The Hand of Justice hath foretold [Decisio, Dolce, Dolcissimo] that the burden would lie on he that one there though clothed as the priest the Accuser! [Fugato, Listesso tempo, Lusingando, Ma non troppo]

yet lord i bear the burden thine burden mine is the fight that deep delight we mighty men of old [ Patetico, Schmerzando, Slargando, Smorzando, Teneramente Tranquillo, Smorzando.]

toiled in bliss in fields of blood and war as though in gold as if upon banks by the river when the task righteous. Now tell me Lord. What is it that I ask of thee?

15 December 2007 Anno Domini

Christmas Possible

Up front I see a realm in hell natural order reversed Man unsafe and curse Justice only a tail. 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! crime rich stablish law, enoble - pause. Claim land and life of the simple Symbols on leaves Tax their dogs for fouling the air Noxious emissions me thane! 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! crow in thy glee so safe indeed - shameless ones

gather in courts discuss torts prosecute crimes natives to grind 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! strangely geared this skewing of law afflicts just the poor to pay taxes; the nobles please yet live in wasteland industrial sites 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! the true elite live like kings And are voted in Im told limit their reign ease the nations pain. 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! franchise for the greedy tax everyday Watch the state grow fat In Utopia - a Modern State a dividends a fact! 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! Should moneylenders who profit none still be on the throne? A surplus? 9 billion? Merry Christmas citizen! divide it by 5 million! 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe! pin the tail on! Fool! Bully, slave, heaven ass, delinquent guru focus fix hearts together call this place home! 'Way haul away, we'll haul away Joe!

The Fifty They had beaten them, shot them and shredded them but they were restored, as if from sleep. When tortured they preached when gagged it was worse - their captors would cry uncontrollably. For all of them it had begun the same way. Maui had stood in front of them and beamed saying , Youre well hung. At the time it seemed like a compliment. For a year they walked the land talking only among themselves sleeping, feasting and laughing as Maui entertained them and then each took his place spread his feet and spoke the word of Maui. Their civil disobedience could not be tolerated and officially there was no problem to remedy. Their hangmen were Russian Nationals-good men, who had been blindfolded, drugged and flown they were told within the borders of their own nation to hang a secret society of men known for their depravity and whose crimes were without number. The Fifty spoke no Russian. They were well hung at Waitangi in 2009. The Tangata knew the word of Maui. With the passing of the prophets - the warriors of the nation, bristleancestors stirring. . Mauimighty gentle, tattoos, binds their hair of old. Chaotic lovemaster sleeps on a mat. owns nothing. knows all names from start to finish binding cousins strand by strand into one Aotealoa. Fifty fifty- blasphemy or simply the breaking of bread between brothers. Tane sleeps in the forest. Maui prayed he would not wake-there are old ones reserved for the worst of times. Maui youre too much, said the tohunga.

Maui took the money he had in his pocket told the tohunga to buy the old people a feed and apologised for departing so quickly but an Aunt had died and he must pay his respects. Maui was too much. As soon as he was honoured trouble started it had happened time and time again. Jealousies spoilt his sleep. People forgot he had nothing and asked for nothing. Loincloth, jeans, cars or canoes it was all the same to him. He climbed the highest tree far from all human life and dreamed of Hawaiiki, of aitu he had known. He loved the breeze and the birds that ignored him. Maui never felt guilty especially about the fifty. Theyd be back. Now what was it he had taught them that had been so objectionable. Thou art the lords and ladies of the land. Extend thyself Where to now he drifted? Sometime before or after he awoke a baby in the seaweed.

2007

This grain of sand When I die Wealthy if so Ill order a party for friend & foe for laughter and joy and the sharing of wine remember me not or my story This grain of sand 14 December 2007

Yo ho ho n a bokkle a Rum Oussida likka ba macho tonga fella mowri shela yella He bonga shela ova Samoa Cho buncha Macho tonga fella He slipn Banga da ulu Kraki for shor Lika humpppidy dumpy Sixeen men onna demans chess. Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum. Robert had a spider Seven times it tried to reach the other side but Humpty Dumpty fell on his face left the Human Race he crossed the Styx before her Sixeen men onna demans chess. Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum.

Uppa ryda Sheriff He rester Samoa Cho U kila Tonga Fella Cho-go to Hela Cho fona Fobba Loia Faleauto he calla Sava my soula Iza ona dola Sixeen men onna demans chess. Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum. Wella dissa Fobba Loia. Do wonna borya Chekka outda angle Disa tonga ulu Ackka lika spida sebben tyma wackka How say Cho Brekka? Sixeen men onna demans chess. Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum. Sherrifa loia Saya Fobba Loia, Gvusda flora Sherrif wanna scora Disa bruddas arse U joina Honky korna We gvsya plenny yella U joina uppa klass Sixeen men onna demans chess. Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum.

U no hva Cho

He gotta go He go free today U n he no play Inna lann afar I know his ma n pa Tomorrow he Samoa Da next he fish da shore Yo ho ho n a bokkle a rum for Cho.

24 January 2008

Samoa!Atoa!04August2008AnnoDomini TheSamoanCreed

[ALL] Samoa!Atoa!

AtuaTheConstitutionTheFaaSamoa. Lookeachtotheothersback AncestorGuardianUnborn. Samoa!Atoa!

Tangata Tangata Tangata 18 February 2008 Anno

Domini In the Heavens Gods and Heros meet Holy Eldest - Acentre Ancient brothers and sisters Beckon the sacrifice to come Ancestors no longer asleep Awake Samoa Aitu sing, Hate and Love Samoa-Carve her flesh Her beauty betrayed 30 pieces in exchange The endtime coming
Tangata Tagata Tangata

Through lidded eyes see! Tane and the Forest return. Maui come to Tuhoe, Tonga, Samoa whispering as a child, Wake my brother my sister Father bring the child Mother mother run to the Maunga
:Tangata Tangata tangata

As they call the four Horsemen Ancients rise the challenge to meet Maui, Tane Lufasiaitu to his feet Tangaroa eyes ablaze No time now to sleep By mere, spear with sword or gun The people by demons overrun Tangata transcend The strength of Atua Yours on demand.
Tangata Tangata tangata

Holy Madman 03 July 2007 Anno Domini You came to my land - I understand I showed you the mountain and Sea I took you Home so you neednt roam And there you met my wife

You sat at my table and we shared bread We prayed together you got bored You took my wife You broke my head All of mine now yours to hoard I went to Court to see the judge your brother He pulled out a parchment signed in blood And asked if I knew this joke whod dipped his thumb in it I had a dog would play in the flax didnt know hed cost me tax A year before dogs were free to roam And now its me me and my dog no home. -no wife. no bone. A prophecy- Land-bones-blood Easter Friday 21 March 2008 Anno Domini

Speaker One
Land-bones-blood

Lust for Gold to sit in the Dark with the Past and Unknown infinite Grief Eternity alone. Speaker Two

In the land the bones

In the bones the blood In the future shame for those without love

To sell your mother what a Sin degraded by lust for gold All
In the end they'll sit

in the Dark with those who are Past with those Unknown What will they say When all has past? Eternally alone. All
Unknown?

A Barristers last plea Easter Saturday 2008 Anno Domini [the barrister alone speaks] Inside the Bar Theres a game we play At the crossroads of Hell To judge accuse and plead Oer the soul of a neer do well. In the corner the noose, the cross The blindfold, the hammer

in the Hand of God

Dieu et mon droit, we cry Together - lets chant the hymn!

[All chant]
The Hand of Justice aloft. -the thumb-Let the mind be just

-A pointer Innocent till proven guilt -the promise of the Crown-the burden of proof -Hold the standard-beyond a reasonable doubt Last the Golden Rule be true to He and You and me. [the barrister alone speaks]
Accuser pray tell thy tale!

The hounds of Hell Unleashed? Without a shred of proof? Tis not enough to slight a man And cuss for all your worth!
Who can play God but God himself? An Anointed Judge?

-well surely blessed! For its a curse on Man When theyre shrewd and untrue. For its from the ranks of the Priests they come

Not from the dregs of the crew! The rules From a Great kingdom come many died that freedoms remain silent witness Death.
Theres those thats blessed

And those thats cursed Such fate we ignore Tis a simple thing to bake a cake. And when its done its known. But if its not Then let the prisoner roam! Its not about your good or bad! Or how you wear your shoe! Did you the deed? Or threaten the ranks of the few?
But for Blackstones Warning

Wed be cursed with the swill Of a dog gone mad Panting to pluck another soul For the vending machine of God To rise above the world of Man And burn his wings on the Sun.

In this Ring of the Gods

Bless the poor souls Whose fates we gambol away

For none of us Dare stand in Holy gaze.

Alas my life past!

Is it Mercy or Justice for me? One plea remains. Hear me!

First to guard gain Wolf

Or Weird unknown To know and speak For Thee?

In the fire

Summers heat.
In the press of the earth

Autumns chill!
In the wing of the night

The tickle of Spring?

In Winters bite

clarity.

P.S. William B. Blackstone Professor of Law M.P. Judge of the Court of Common Pleas 1765
But in settling and adjusting a question of fact,

when entrusted to any single magistrate, partiality and injustice have an ample field to range in; either by asserting that to be proved which is not so, or by more artfully suppressing some circumstances, stretching and varying others, and distinguishing away the remainder. Here , therefore, a competent number of sensible and upright jurymen, chosen by lot from among those of the middle rank will be found the best investigators of truth, and the surest guardians of public justice. For the most powerful individuals in the state will be cautious of committing any flagrant invasion of anothers right, when he knows that the fact of his oppression must be examined and decided by 12 indifferent men, not appointed until the hour of trial, and that, when once the fact is ascertained, the law must of course redress it. This, therefore, preserves in the hands of the people that share which they ought to have in the administration of public justice, and prevents the encroachments of the more powerful and wealthy citizens. Atua Matai Atua Faatasi One Beyond Infinite Matai Faatasi

You Me Him
Speak-

Know, Speak Son!

Sa Moa Faatasi

Tuamasaga alofa Atua. Aana alofa Atua. Atua alofa Atua. Manua alofa Atua. Atoa Alofa Atua. Alofa, Atua Atoa Atua, Atoa, Alofa! 21 March 2008 Anno Domini Life or Death A tattooing chant
Dont cry wince or flinch!

Chisel away reveal the man blood flows The tools are sharp Will you live or die? Women birth in agony Our men control pain In battle field this gift strengthens resolve those who bear the

Warrior marks Fear no man or thing Breathe, brother, breathe! Follow me now Close your eyes Breathe slowly out the pain when breath is gone stop your mind cease to exist Step outside of time When body begs the lungs for air breathe in life and power Then full again stop your mind Once more outside of time Minute by minute Hour by hour day by day never the same The cycle eternal life and death Thought and then none. We warriors Brothers together tattooed for all to see brazen foe fierce demon Is it life or death you see? 24 March 2008 Anno Domini

Thesecrettheyfear29June2008Aukilani Saluspopulisupremaestlex. OneSupremeLawAtuamaleFa'aSamoa Theyhavetakenuntoldmillions Theydreamofstolenbillions Theylie weareweakandworthless Wehavenoplacehereathome. Theyneedtohidethetruth! ENJOYYOURFREEDOM WITHOUTOURMUSCLEORBRAIN NOTASENECANTHEYEARN WECANBREAKTHEIRCORRUPTPOWER THEFAASAMOAMAKESUSSTRONG OurConstitutionOurGodourFaaSamoa Shinegloriouslytriplebeaconofhope ourrightspreservedforever theSupremeLawourrock GodandtheFaaSamoa SeeourlandAigaAtoa Nowforevermore WedecideforSamoa! SaMoa Faatasi AigaSamoaAtoa AtoaAlofaAtua! AlofaAtuaAtoa! Atua,Atoa,Alofa!

SwifeExsquisiclitorious

Blueeyedswarthy breastsandbelly swolleninlove exsquisiclitorious Followme Dipyoureyes Breatheslowlyoutthepain breathallgone stopyourmind ceasetoexist Zero outsideoftime Yourbodyheavesforair breatheinlifeandpower ThenOneagain Slipyourmind Oncemore aroundtime Minutebyminute Hourbyhour daybyday Thecycleeternal Onethennone. solidtoliquid Ourbaby comes!

15October2008 Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you 17-436-996 One By fire or water by load Prove your worth! The poker, the pincer , this knife. the wrack , the maidens mirth Nothing you say can lessen my hate. This poem you force me to write you force me to grin in my sin Your pleas degrade my soul!

Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you. 17-436-996

Two How dare you ask for porridge or bread I know you guilty by birth born free casually but sold to a villain to work O Millions have died? Millions starve. Disease it wastes away. try my patience not! try my patience not! what yield? what yield? I say . Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you 17-436-996 Three Pay tax pay tax forever a day how else maintain my edge I know well the power of life

I - the pinnacle - dread Sleep on fine cattle That i may feed your worth but my every need Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you 17-436-996 Four Dont you know its true what he said.
the way-the truth and the life

You are your way your truth your life come closer come closer. take the apples of strife
Sod- I am your God.

Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you

17-436-996 Five My riches approach the infinite My greed infinite beyond!

Now what do you say your number is? Ive booked a room for you. 17-436-996 17July2008 Mine I seen you mine Since the first In my pain I stretched your resources Butt u held me closest Since the first. 040808

Under the Mat Fale to Fale Father, Mother, children cry Tasi, lua, tolu, fa ------lima Grandmas tears Under the Mat The Old Man paces the Yard. They sit at their posts The kava bowl full The plates ashamed A prayer for food God lift the famine. The tide cries out to a desperate Sea And sighing of the Nation Policemen guard a hungry beat -the herds of the Leader. There sits on a mat Death in her mouth A child, a coin, a piece of bread. Sly as a feather The minister slips Past the little, old and the broken Into the Bank and up to the Counter Lima miliona tala Mea alofa Then lunch with the Boss A prayer is said, Bless these Oxen. Jesus weeps on Vailima Hill In his Hand

The little, old and the broken Mea alofa Fale to Fale Father and mother, children cry Tasi, lua, tolu, fa lima. Grandmas tears Under the Mat The Old Man paces the Yard. F.S.M. Taua 16 August 2008 Sourplus Yoke schatterer - heted sithen.

Blessed ninefold span. Tragic, talent anonymize. Sufficient tho grumbly. Able conflicter Anguish in spite Foremost persuader wither amnesia. Alone, a part, rumly Aefre byrthen sourplus. 28 August 2008