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Brian Bailey
Brian Bailey

Born in Belfast, 1954. Travelled the world for five years on cruise ships before jumping ship to relax on Bondi beach for a few years before moving to Darwin. Published Rhyming doodles in 1993 and toured the Adelaide Festival in 1994. Wrote and performed a one man play for the Darwin theatre company. Brian returned to Belfast in 1998 and regularly performs at Arcadia caf茅.

Camouflage by Brian Bailey
Sometimes
i've been an ocean that's never felt a shore
sometimes
i've been a stranded whale that needs the sea, and more
sometimes
i've been an angry cloud, looking 4 somewhere 2 reign
like lightning,
i'd strike down,
then shine like a sun again
once, i was a new born baby
i'd scream, (i'd scream 4 more!!!!!!) But u can't b a baby 4 ever
u cant walk while u crawl on the floor
and u can't hide a tree in your bathroom,
u can't protect fields from the rain
u can't hide who u r or where u came from
at daze end, take the credit or blame
4 would bees want to look like butterflies
proud oaks never wish they were telegraph poles
would a hurricane wish it were merely a breeze
have u ever seen a lion with a clock radio
would an iceberg lose sleep if it sinks a ship
would a mongoose think twice b4 killing a snake
would a change of clothes make a tulip a rose
and did you ever
hear a swan apologise four its grace
will a bullet close its eyes as it closes on u
and y were u hypnotised
when eye said
i love you!
Go on, check your disguise
i might see the real you
your camouflage
your charade
is killing
you!

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