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Not 'The Curse of the Flying Wombat'.
By CliffBowes
29 March 2007
I came across this old Aborigine Blessing and though it made for a bit of whimsical nonsense.

Please don't take this one seriously - it's just a bit of fun.

I hope that the W of H finds his way to you all.


Weeding in the garden, by a bush,
I felt a snuffling around my ‘tush’.
As I looked down I saw a beastie
His big wide eyes stole my heart completely.

“Hello old son” I said with joy,
To what looked like a cuddly toy.
Shyly he hid in my dense underbrush
Where he snuffled again, slowly, no rush.

From Down Under he came, and down under he went.
A mythical wombat on happiness bent.
So never again will tristesse I fear,
As my marsupial friend brings happiness here.

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"May the Wombat of Happiness snuffle through your underbrush."
- Ancient Aborigine blessing
 


 

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Gooday!
Written by stevetroster (1588 comments posted) 29th March 2007
No wonder you were happy if he was snuffling 'round your tush!  
And then we have the passage "And down under he went"! Is it just my overactive imagination, or are there sexual undertones in this piece?? 
 
Very pleasent little poem 
Steve
Not 'The Curse of the Flying Wombat'.
Written by CliffBowes (176 comments posted) 29th March 2007
G'day Steve, Sexual undertones indeed! "Honi soi que mal y pense". Well - maybe some. 
Cliff

Written by Phil (6845 comments posted) 29th March 2007
Hey. I read this in my innocent way, but after reading Steve's review I went back for another look. Overtones more like. Take the s off eyes and that's about it! 
 
Enjoyed it Cliff. 
 
Phil.
Better ...
Written by patterjack (1328 comments posted) 29th March 2007
... than the Outback saying : * May your chooks turn into emus and kick your dunny down * 
 
patterjack
george
Written by strawberryshrapnel (61 comments posted) 29th May 2007
Hello Cliff, I just read your review of my poem,thankyou! 
... and so wanted to find out who you are. 
I live in Byron Bay Australia,I love Wombats,but I have an echidna living in my garden. An echidna with a penchant for platform shoes,it seems,well at least thats how it seems at 3am when he clomps around outside my bedroom window! His name is George,or maybe Georgina,but I will never know becos I shall 'never never go and take a look!'

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