Who will speak up for a hospitality industry<\/p>\n\n\n\n
buried deep in the place called Apollo Bay, Victoria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
vibrant hard workers serving the Great Ocean Road <\/p>\n\n\n\n
it staggered crashed and died <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the day Asian tourists swiftly obediently evaporated<\/p>\n\n\n\n
amid gleeful rants, deeply held filthy racist slurs <\/p>\n\n\n\n
nobody bans crazy cruisers sliming along the globe<\/p>\n\n\n\n
lobster (cray fishing) gamers play it well<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a harbour resting on seams of rock, streams of funds<\/p>\n\n\n\n
not many hide behind that co-op; that corny facade<\/p>\n\n\n\n
with Melbourne yachties wisely nodding <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cmothers\u2019\u201d empty beach, the cold wind howling<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a whale watching platform– but no suicidal mothers <\/p>\n\n\n\n
with grey fat shiny calves swim by; none ever will <\/p>\n\n\n\n
a powerful dirty red tugboat grunts thru the Otways<\/p>\n\n\n\n
red baulk waiting to suck sand from the entrance <\/p>\n\n\n\n
black pipes laid in lines ready to rewrite the map<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australia\u2019s coastline swallows the rolling sand dunes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
laid by the winds and pirates of the Southern Seas <\/p>\n\n\n\n
where a tiny bridge once stood up against the sky<\/p>\n\n\n\n
really we don\u2019t care so much any more, <\/p>\n\n\n\n
the virus carves out our future, sputtering our lungs<\/p>\n\n\n\n
worried Daniel Andrews speaks croaks a few lines <\/p>\n\n\n\n
two or three shop keepers battle on, feeding us <\/p>\n\n\n\n
paying bitter dues without flinching<\/p>\n\n\n\n
COLAC\u2019s council lies, says we threaten their lives<\/p>\n\n\n\n
failing us most miserably, shamefully, blatantly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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