Kieran Healy

When I was a Young Man I Carried my Pack

Tim Dunlop has a post about possible Australian military involvement in Iraq. But I think the headling should read “As the ship pulled away from the Quay“.

I think it should be titled
“As the ship pulled into Circular Quay
I looked at the place where my legs used to be
And thank Christ there was nobody waiting for me
To weep, and to mourn, and to pity”.

As the ship pulled away from the quay

In today’s Age, Michael Gordon has a piece which puts pretty much the same argument that I do in this