with renowned australian trees

to dabble in the ocre

with a watercolour ease

are there pressing reasons why

apart from warhols defunct pre-media limited piece of precious paltry pie

that we couldn't have a memory for him

would a namatjira honour

make the queens aides set upon her

and set governors general reaching for the gin

true beauty in the air the day that albert shared the beauty there

we can know where we've been

if not quite where we're going

albert was a father

and our icon is a boeing

copyright 2004 bob tatnell

australia's most takeoff poet