Another Royal Commission

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Australian bushfires, Australian national forests mismanagement, Australian poet, poem, poetry, Privitization of Australian national forests, Royal Commission into bushfires, Triolet

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘆𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻

When all else fails then have a Royal Commission.
When it concludes, the ash will be stone-cold.
Although it’s simple — fuel, hot wind, ignition;
When all else fails then have a Royal Commission.
The bush is in such terrible condition —
The forestry, once ours, has all been sold.
When all else fails then have a Royal Commission.
When it concludes, the ash will be stone-cold.

— D.N. O’Brien