Though I've lived in this marvellous Country for many a Season and year <br />I'm not even a paper Aussie I would like to make that clear <br />I was born and raised in Claraghatlea near Millstreet Town far from this Southern Shore <br />Within view of Clara Mountain overlooking Claramore. <br /> <br />Yet I love this Land Australia more than with words I can <br />hope to say <br />Some of it's amazing Wildlife I get to see every day <br />Monoterenes, marsupials, and megapodes that in this great <br />Land are only seen <br />The home of amazing birdlife that looks more brown than green. <br /> <br />At most I could only be a paper Aussie of that why should I lie <br />But the thoroughbred Australian is of a darker shade than you or I <br />Suppose we are what we think we are that's how it appears to be <br />And I am just a migrant that's how it does seem to me. <br /> <br />I do love this Land Australia in a non patriotic way <br />Some of it's amazing flora and fauna I do see every day <br />In this marvellous Southern Country of sunshine, storm, fire and drought <br />For one who likes to write just for the love of it so much to write about.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/not-even-a-paper-aussie/
