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Tag Archives: immigration

To bribe or not to bribe…that is the question

May 28, 2014by pipstrickland Leave a comment

I’m sitting in a hotel room in Mataram, Indonesia waiting to hear back from an immigration agent about fixing a visa extension for me. I planned on doing it myself […]

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‘Arrogance’ by Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac ‘Gaarriye’ (Somali: b.1949-2012)

Wandered brood of Adam,

lost, bewildered people,

hear what I have to say.
 


Stop for a moment before the mountains

and for the simple sake of awe

be humbled, let your tears fall.
 


Look to, look through the air above,

be moved by the sight of stars,

watch their bodies wheel.
 


Ask the thunder, see what lightning says,

the rain-bearing wind which blows

the good grey cloud, ask them.
 


The camel's old keen for her calf,

be hushed and hear it, hear how

the birds' song weeps with it: weep with them too.
 


How the sea sounds out its old chorus,

what moves in its abyssal womb:

acknowledge these and what they mean.
 


Examine the earth at your feet,

the rush of the rivers,

raise your eyes to the clouds.
 


Glimpse what lies above

the auroral mist, the winds,

understand what these things have to say.
 


The scent of wild acacia -

inhale it, relish it, and

delight in the green of pastures.
 


Count up the lineage of all life,

mark the endless days and days:

this worthless arrogance of yours,

you have to let it go.
 


All nebulae and galaxies,

the Camel of the Southern Cross,

our own burning sun, who said these

were lit for humankind?
 


Before a man was made in this world

didn't Virgo blaze above?

Aren't all those gatherings of stars

far older than us?

Since when was their high light

kindled only for you?
 


Exactly when do you think the heavens

were told to carry out the order

‘Confine yourselves to the human race'?

If you simply ceased to be

wouldn't their light continue?

Wouldn't it be then as it is now?
 


Wandered brood of Adam,

your bluster is a lie.

You shared this womb with all

wild things that roam,

all roots that flourish,

you entered this world together.
 


All creation is your cousin,

each creature your equal

and you share an ancestor:

all living things are to you

as stick is to bark, bark to stick.

You and they are like two eyes -

when one sheds tears
the other weeps.

They were not made for you alone,

nor were they created to serve.
 


Of everything which is, half is secret -

however things appear

the meaning is always deeper.

Tasmania in Black and White

Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain National Park
Dove Lake, Cradle Mountain National Park
Fern, West Coast
Fern, West Coast
Cape Huay Track, Tasman Peninsula
Cape Huay Track, Tasman Peninsula
Kelp, Crescent Bay
Kelp, Crescent Bay
Dolerite Cliffs, Tasman Peninsula
Dolerite Cliffs, Tasman Peninsula
Kelp Crescent Bay
Kelp Crescent Bay
Honeymoon Bay, Freycinet Peninsula
Honeymoon Bay, Freycinet Peninsula
Nelson Falls
Nelson Falls
Scribbly Bark, South Coast Track
Scribbly Bark, South Coast Track
Mt Anne Track
Mt Anne Track
Tessellated Pavement, Tasman Peninsula
Tessellated Pavement, Tasman Peninsula
Bark, South Coast Track
Bark, South Coast Track

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