Monument

By Daniel Browning

The mortar that binds the colony of New South Wales was manufactured from lime extracted from towering shell middens that rose like hills

Monuments to a good feed

The mortar that binds the colony is violence

Secreted in florid lies and wilful amnesia

If you’ve ever laid a brick or a concrete slab

You’ll know what it takes

To lay foundations to stifle the voice of the land and bury the truth.