During the previous millennium

carriers of transmissible strains of

unnatural religion/monarchy

migrated from far away elsewheres

to distant, detached, sometime

refuge, sometime prison, some

crime called genocide – island

of snake not apple. lutruwita,

Van Diemen’s Land, Tasmania.

Time absconds and belligerent

bearers of mad tidings – often

relieved of unearthly delusions – 

make simple lives with

spent convictions.

Completely unmoved:

Mount Ossa.

Allan Lake is originally from Saskatchewan, Canada. He has lived in Vancouver, Cape Breton, Ibiza, Tasmania, Western Australia and Melbourne. His poetry has won awards in the UK and Australia, and has been published in literary journals in 16 countries. His latest collection, "My Photos of Sicily", has been published by Ginninderra Press.