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Long Empty Old Bush Hut

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Long empty Old Bush Hut

Three half fallen walls left of rock and mud
Almost covered by old smothering oldest wild fig tree~
And it had grown right through this pld bush hut
Where once stood a fire place and chimney~
Proof still about of this once magnificant spot
Once enjoyed by family of a few~
Four days from simply anywhere at all
Way up the top of Australia not far from ocean blue~
There had been an old outside bath in stone
Another tree grew there so much the same~
Seemed a wild cherry tree of some kind
That found good soil in search of from the rain~
A deep old water well stood quite near
The top fashioned from rock and mud as well~
The track I drove upon stopped 3 miles away
And overgrown scrub hid the hut as if never to tell~
Who was it lived so far away out here in this old hut
Must have been at least one hundred years ago~
How they suevived away out here so far back in time
And where they came from to here I guess we ll never know~
The remains of fence posts grey and leaning now
An oldest gate it hung there badly~
But visions of happier times lay all about
Though all these years have passed now sadly~
No more the obvious days of reasonable splender
Its once day of usefulness have long gone and its need~
The owners of this place would all be gone long ago
Now stands in testoment in overgrown scrub and wild weed~
There signs of a path still to be seen
Many oldest tools and signs of life I see~
Even makeshift toys near an old old tree
Now all a part of a long ago still secret history~
..........................
Terrence Michael Sutton
copyright 1988

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