Ned Kelly

• Ashli Mae Lau, Grade 6
• Poetry
• 2014

He lived on the banks of a winter creek, so bare and dirty thet you would squeak
His family kept cows on a rented farm, for he was so poor he had to harm
Not just he learned to kill and kill , but his uncle and cousins also at will
He soon learned the naughty tricks of the gang, so sleek and quiet that you could not hear a clang
One day he saw a boy fishing for his hat and when he turned around he heard a splat
He dived in after him when he started to sink and pulled him out not so pink
He got a green sash with golden frindges and was told to wear it with pride and not whinges
Three police men came to his door and ran shacked their house like a war
Upsetting dishes and breaking eggs, it was so bad like eating frog's legs
He killed three police men instead of five and was wanted either dead or alive
His team started making a bullet proof shield and when finished was totally seeled
He broke a train track for then inside were lots of police men
But the headmaster knew and stopped the train and Ned Kelly, Ned Kelly was in a rage
He got injured and wounded during the fight for Ned Kelly, Ned Kelly was in the night
One hand was wounded and bleeding alot and thats when he realised he had a bad plot
He ran his blood fingers through the green sash and remembered that he had been bash
Right that second he knew that death was coming very soon