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JUSTICE (UNCIVILISED AND CIVILISED), by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Ling-tso ah sin; on murderer's flat
Last Line: For thee, though not for us, ah sin!
Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona
Subject(s): Australia; Justice; Murder; Sin


Ling-Tso Ah Sin; on Murderer's Flat
One morning caught an old grey rat:
"Ah, white man, I have got you now
But no -- dust be upon my brow
If needless blood I cause to fall --
So go, there's world-room for us all!"

That night Ah Sin was somehow shot --
By accident! For he had got
From earth a little gold -- black sin
For thee, though not for us, Ah Sin!





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