So today was Sorry Day
Day to apologise to Aborigines
There is no apology deep enough
For the collusion that took place
Between church and state
In the genocide without a name
That almost brought them
To the brink of official extinction
And the systematic devolution
Of their enduring culture
From the denial of their most basic rights
To the methodical dispossession
That is currently taking place
For the entrenched victimisation
They are subjected to
It should be a day of shame
For sorry is not enough!
Lucette C. Bailliet
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