Black dust a cloud.

Where is the rain?

Dry dugouts crack.

Where is the rain?

The grass is gone.

Where is the rain?

Red rimmed the eyes.

Where is the rain?

Grit edges teeth.

Where is the rain?

Sand devils swirl.

Where is the rain?

No crops will grow.

Where is the rain?

The cattle die.

Where is the rain?

The wind mill squeaks.

Where is the rain?

The moneys gone.

Where is the rain?

The mortgage grows.

Where is the rain?

Our faces gaunt.

Where is the rain?

The rain, the rain , the rain.

 
 

David Garlick, Victoria,  June, 1988
 
The Prairie drought of 1988