Will you dance with me
under the moonlight
at Penny’s Bay?

We’ll get our ourselves lost
in the sound of the waves
by the smell of the sea

Let the warm fingers
of the damp sultry air
caress your face

Put your hair down

Slip off your shoes

You and I will tango
across the wet dancing floor
swing to the music
from a singing sea

Nothing will be left behind
in the morning
not even our footprints
but our tender memories
of this place once was

KUNGUN NGARRINDJERI MIMINAR YUNNAN
LISTEN TO NGARRINDJERI WOMEN SPEAKING
EDITED BY DIANE BELL FOR THE NGARRINDJERI NATION
SPINIFEX PRESS, 2008

UNSETTLING THE LAND
SUZANNE BELLAMY AND SUSAN HAWTHORNE
SPINIFEX PRESS, 2008

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