#163 Kevin Brophy 'Number 7'

#163 ‘Number 7’

This one here,

wirimangurru,

from it we make

nulla nulla,

spears and kuturu,

from its core, see,

from that hard core,

for breaking heads open,

you can break bones too,

and when it cuts you

you crawl around

too sick to stand up.

We take these with us

when we visit up the road.

No guns, no axes.

After this

you need bush medicine.

Or the clinic.

Shields too from this wood,

and when you find a 7

you can make a boomerang from it.