Bondi Beach #Poem #Painting by Nikos Laios

Monday morning,
And the red and
Yellow beach flags
On Bondi Beach
Gently fluttered
Under a grey
Mournful sky.

The beach is
Usually full of
People at this
Time of the day,
But on this day
There were only
A few hardy surfers
And the lifeguards;
There was a sadness
In the air, a sadness
Over the whole
Of Sydney.

People were
On vacation
While others
Were on their
Way to work,
But there were
No smiling faces,
There was no
Holiday joy.

The left and
The professional
Activist class
Were silent now,
Their voices
Were numb;
They had
Received
Their share
Of sacrificial
Jewish blood,
And this country
Will never be the
Same again,
For we have lost
Our sense of
Innocence
On that bloody
Sunday afternoon
On Bondi Beach.

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With a digital painting from Nikos Laios

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