Walgajunmanha All Time

By Charmaine Papertalk Green

Published 27 March 2023

We write about our existence pre-invasion / and that has made us visible

We write about our existence during invasion / and that keeps us visible

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We write about the blood they spilt / and that honours ancestors’ memories

We write about the land they stole / and that shows they are savage thieves

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We write about our connection to country / and that challenges theirs

We write about our lived realities / and that shows them we survived

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We write about sky world knowledge / and show them the first astronomers

We write about earth world knowledge / and show them a sustainable culture

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We write about traditional food production / and contest their agriculture

We write about traditional mud huts / and debunk their walkabout romanticism

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We write about Aboriginal deaths in custody / and show them we fight back

We write about deaths in police presence / and we are not blinded by lies

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We write about racism experiences / punctures in their ethnocentric balloons

We write about campaign for Aboriginal rights / pens our weapon of choice

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We write about deep Aboriginal culture love /

and that shatters their assimilation into pieces