Bundi
by David Leigh
Monday, December 16, 2002
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Bundi.
Sad is the eye that looks upon the dying.
She who has the mental scars of a beast
still carries compassion.
Bravado, peer pressure, pitching with the pack!
Heat of the hunt in a red pindan cloud
Motor revving, bouncing suspension
The sound of a rifle from the back, crack! crack!
Sad little girl now witnessing the carnage.
Romance of starlit night, fire bright
Hunter's spoils on the rack look black,
How empty the night seems now.
She misses her dog. her father, her mother, she cries.
Joy stolen, the creature kicks and stills.
Movement, a rock is raised "WAIT!"
Sad in the scene of creatures limp.
A tiny face, it's saving grace peers from the pouch.
Quickly take the orphan and run!
A voice within her calls.
Away from the guns she runs and runs.
"You won't kill this one!" she cries.
Sad is the eye that looks upon the living.
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True story of a Joey rescued from it's mother's pouch on a Roo shoot in outback Western Australia. Bundi was the Aboriginal name given to this tiny baby.It took place a few months ago in the same area as the movie Rabbit Proof Fence, same people. The little girl, my Daughter.
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| Reviewed by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado |
12/17/2002 |
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| a sad write, paul! thanks for sharing! love, your friend, karen lynn. (((HUGS))) :) |
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| Reviewed by Maria Lupinacci |
12/17/2002 |
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This is very sad, and your daughter is a beautiful soul!
Hugs,
Maria |
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| Reviewed by E T Waldron |
12/16/2002 |
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| incredible experience...when you think of the infinitesimal life of the joey when it starts out it's amazing they even make it at all;-)...what a brave daughter you have...excellent write thanks for sharing... |
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| Reviewed by jude forese |
12/16/2002 |
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| superb imagery... sad but totally insightful... |
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| Reviewed by Theresa Koch |
12/16/2002 |
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"Sad is the eye that looks upon the dying.
She who has the mental scars of a beast
still carries compassion."
This was exquisite and insightful~*
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| Reviewed by Christopher Ingham |
12/16/2002 |
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| A great write. I live in the country and kids here think if it moves shoot it. I can never get uaed to that, except for foxes of course. I've seen what they do to lambs. Chris. |
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| Reviewed by Lady Peg (Reader) |
12/16/2002 |
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| So sad this write. |
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