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AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS & WRITERS FOR PEACE
open poem to George Bush junior
(dictator of the modern world 2003 A.D.)
by Cameron Borg

[Above] Photo of Cameron Borg by Angela Philipoom, 1990.

Cameron Borg


open poem to George Bush junior
(dictator of the modern world 2003 A.D.)


you wear your dignity like a second hand song
disappear in the crowd part of the throng
foreign film blurred no subtitles
people equal crowd critical mass
excites you're lost in your humankind
your humaness your human kind
your humanity your human kind of
way of looking at the world

air raid siren screaming now
Wild West carves up the sacred cow
wear your colours on your sleeve
are you liberated when you no longer breathe?
Red White & invasion Blues
is your misery part of our disesase
are you happy when you no longer breathe?

Lost
Wilderness
trauma action p.r. media friendly
end game
red zone send the star quarterback in
one for the gipper and a thousand
forthe devil and a million
unexploded mines and a trillion
wasted lives and Alexander the
Great razes the Persian Empire
in 300 B.C. and the mor ethings
change the more they stay insane

About the Poet Cameron Borg

Born in Australia. Currently a resident of Rockhampton. over 20 years in independent music, notable (notorious?) bands inc Smegma, Dog-Chairs & Hamster Baby; editor of APiTO zine since 1988, started in zines in 1985; APiTO zine now into its 20th issue; influences: beat punk riot grrl; poetry published: shb (spoken word) (2000), haiku on broadway (2003); highly commended / commended (poems / short stories) Bauhinia Lit Awards (1999-2001); spoken word performances inc: Idiom 23 lit journal 2002 launch, Rockhampton Art Gallery (with Kristin Hannaford), POETIZE (2001, 2002), Keppel Arts Festival (2003), Walter Reid Cultural Centre (2001-2003). also hosted zine workshops in CQ. zines / street press fff (1985-1987) *editor apito (1988- ) *editor pulp (1998) *regular contributor pretty ugly (1999- ) *co-founder speel (2003-) *regular contributor; also contributed to many zines inc. DNA, Maximum Rock n Roll. non-fiction music history "PUNK ROCKhampton" published Moonlight (Vic.) (2000).
   [Above] Photo of Cameron Borg by Angela Philipoom, 1990.

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