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Kakadu Cave Paintings.(Poem)

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| April 01, 2002 | Franklin, Jeffrey | COPYRIGHT 2002 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright
 
KAKADU CAVE PAINTINGS 
 
   Limned in ochre 
   and zinc-white on sandstone, 
   the Big Ancestor's 
   head's a fish. 
 
   Legs like jack-knifed 
   Eiffel Towers 
   assume the Sumo's 
   ready squat, allow 
 
   the turtle's sinewed 
   neck and hungry maw 
   of his dick to dangle 
   ...
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