Vernacular Exchange
“When, girl, you paid my rent
and toy boys lacked the password for
your website where my mouse went spare
then I was happy as Clark Kent
unsheathing from his gear.”
“You claim I shared your bed?
If so, I was no second fiddle
to Ms Britney Baring-Myddle,
but could claim the high regard
of the ABC and Board.”
“Starlet and dynamo,
it’s Britney now keeps me in trim
in our horizontal gym.
To keep our doodah on the go
I’d gladly eat my Porsche.”
“Quite so, and here’s my bloke
owns the seafront at Vaucluse.
Commitment is the word we use,
and if his millions go in smoke,
we’re still The Item, us.”
“Here’s a notion; say
a guy like me had lit your screen
with what could be from what had been,
say Britney’s exit was au fait,
what then, O ex?”
“Fair question, Slime!
Though guys like you are always greasy
And guys like mine must keep me busy,
I’d find for you a little time—
quality time.”
Madam: Archbishop Fisher (July-August 2024) does not resist the attacks on his church by the political, social or scientific atheists and those who insist on not being told what to do.
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6 mins
To claim Aborigines have the world's oldest continuous culture is to misunderstand the meaning of culture, which continuously changes over time and location. For a culture not to change over time would be a reproach and certainly not a cause for celebration, for it would indicate that there had been no capacity to adapt. Clearly this has not been the case
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23 mins
A friend and longtime supporter of Quadrant, Clive James sent us a poem in 2010, which we published in our December issue. Like the Taronga Park Aquarium he recalls in its 'mocked-up sandstone cave' it's not to be forgotten
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2 mins