A day of shame

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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