Dingo

 Tribe Animal No. 1 

watching whatever warily

in the green sometimes desert

where streams have curled up

it goes a-wooooooo a-wooooooo,

walking up the stairs of a mountain,

two browny eyes

big pointy ears

short red fur on top of short yellow fur

hard teeth underneath,

some grown-ups own one not many,

the dingo 

Philip Harvey,

 with assistance from Laila Chanzi and Bridie Harvey

Fitzroy Community School, circa 2008