Waltzing Matilda

• Toby Kern, Grade 5
• Poetry
• 2012

Waiting till his billy boiled
Alone all the time
Lonely and lost
Tired and sleepy
Z zzzzzzzzzzzz falling asleep by the billabong
In the bush land
Never has human companionship
Ghost by the billabong

Matilda was his swag
As he sang as he watched
Tucker bag
In the billabong
Likes sheep
Drowned
All alone with his swag

BY TOBY KERN