Robert@PNG

And here we were at Goroka airport,
to check Mum in,
for her return flight to Sydney…
How time flies!

The Air Niugini counter…
Dam queues!
Chaos and worse…
Queue jumping!!

Queue jumping by all!
The Papua New Guinean way…
Lets see who'll get served first.
I bet I will!!

Furious,
the stomach tightens,
the bull sees red…
and plenty of china around.

The stomach churns
and the head screams,
there goes another queue jumper!
I do not believe it!!

Will Mum make her flight?
More queue jumpers!
The queue hasn't moved for ages…!
and everyone knows why!!

Mum is stressed,
I'm pissed,
Something rises within us…
How can this be?

There are rumours…
the plane is full.
The proverbial straw
and a camel's back.

You all deserve corruption…!
I yell !!
Mum also lets of some steam…
What a team !!

The two of us,
we ranted and raved…
like a couple of lunatics.
Anger finds release finds expression.

Mum's last little adventure in PNG,
and not so nice.
A coin has two sides…
The best and the worst!!

Papua New Guineans…!
you definitely need to learn,
the root of corruption isn't in Moresby
nor government - nor bureaucracy.

No sir-ee…!!
the source of your woes
lies deep within
within the PNG psyche!

It's in the way you interact,
and even in the way you jump queues!
Stop blaming and pointing that finger,
Corruption starts with you!!