Australian Dream

Last night when I slipped into slumber

I had a dream about the Land Down Under.

I was surrounded by lorikeets and wallaroos,

wallabies, dingos, koalas, and emus.

I felt rather stoked and jolly.

I was out woop woop with my swag and brolly

when I encountered a kangaroo,

who hopped about while playing a didgeridoo.

I said, "Now I feel a bit drongo,

because I should have brought my bongos

so that i might accompany you."

"No wuckas!" said the kangaroo.

Then he finished playing his song

and jumped into a billabong.

He invited me to go with him.

He said, "Get yourself nuddy and we'll have a swim!"

"I never learned to swim,"  I said.

"I think I will just walk instead."

Just then a wombat and a platypus

drove up in a Volkswagen minibus.

I asked if I could bum a ride

and they said,  "Sure! Come on inside!"

We drove to the sounds of Accadacca,

then got hungry and stopped at Macca's.

Then a kookaburra swooped down on me

and carried me up to his old gum tree.

It was just a dream, or so I believed

until I woke up covered in eucalyptus leaves. - Jeff Barnes