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Tch'mala:TheRainbowSerpent
Hismassismountains.Roar
iselderbrotherofthesea'sblood-purr.
HisrumblefromMissionBeachdownpastMurderingPoint
isapalm'sback-sway,taipan'slonghiss.
Histrailsaretheendlessoncomingsofmist
lowintothewater-chokedvalleys-hisscales
themountainslopesshinywithrain;hisaccompanist
thewilfuldrubofrainthatgreets
thegianttoad'sraspingheat-cry.
Thoughhebreaksthegoodtreeswiththeflailofhistail,
throughhimareallhatchlingsandfruit.Grass-renewer,
hisspermaretheeelsthatfallfromHeaven.Herestocks
theswamp,fillstherock-holeabovefalls.Throughhim,
whatsurvivesisreborninwater.
Hiscaveofretreatmakesthedryseason.
Hisaftersignisthebridgeofbeauty
glimpsedthroughshiftingcloud.
Hisfaithfulareburiedinhillsandreserves.
byMarkO,Connor
(http://www.australianpoet.com/about.html)
