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| Drought dried waterhole became a bog |
Sheila, Australian slang for "woman"
They got her out -
she didn't last the night.
We feel for the livestock and
native animals trapped in the floods.
'Drought, flood & bushfire - biblical constants'
We feel for the livestock and
native animals trapped in the floods.
'Drought, flood & bushfire - biblical constants'
     Mates from the army back on duty  "I knew we'd get the sheila out of the bog" |
October 2002
Sheila in the Bog
A glimpse of bovine terror -
Rolled back eyes and flared nostrils
Showed your intense and overpowering fear
Of sinking further into the mud
Drought dried waterhole
Circled by frantic calf, desperate to connect
Sensed disaster removing prime security
Yet respected danger there
It’s hungry demands had led you to
Seek scant remaining water
Violent efforts to reach familiar foothold
Immersed you even deeper
At your peak of terror when it seemed
Your struggle for survival had been lost
Help arrived in human form
Backed up with red tractor
“Hook the noose around the horns -
Hold the horns - keep the head steady
Don’t want to break her neck!
Come on Girl - you can make it!”
“Well done Men, - I knew
We’d get the sheila out of the bog”
Terror
‘Sheila in the Bog’
Bovine terror in your eyes -
Your familiar foothold
No longer there.
Structure of security changed
Threatening the fibre
Of your survival.
Drought is your terrorist--
September 11, Bali bombings
Undermines human security
clara@babyboomerconnections.com.au
Oh God, that looked like a disaster. So glad Shelia made it. I'm having trouble blogging about light hearted stuff with all this disaster. Life is so precious. Everytime we see anything about floods, we thank our lucky stars that we live on a hill!
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