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THE GREY LAKE
THE GREY LAKE
(Lake Eyre, South Australia)
Far away to southward
The grey lake lies,
Thirty leagues of mud, bare
To turquoise skies.
Shallow, sluggish water,
Warm—warm as blood;
Not enough to cover
The quaking mud.
Hot winds drive the water
In summer time
Southward—and behind them
There lies grey slime.
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