Catho

From the local press.

WATERY WEDNESDAY

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CATHO

Maybe I look fragile, being battered by the sea,

But everybody hopes there's still a lot of life in me.

For I'm the pier at Catho....that's Catherine Hill Bay.

(Australians always nick-name things in their own peculiar way!)

Catho was a mining town, in the days of long ago,

When life was very different, and the pace was much more slow.

The coal-ships used to leave from here; the pier was then essential,

But now the township's just a haven, quietly residential.

It's threatened, though! Developers have set their greedy sights

On the little old-time houses there and think they're theirs' by rights!

The way of life is threatened; a massive suburb looms,

Great mansions will no doubt arise with a thousand fancy rooms!

We hope the sun's not setting on our lovely Catho Bay!
We hope the desire for progress will let this one treasure stay!

No doubt this is a mock-up but the message is quite true.
And this is the Developer! Everyone shout out 'Boo!'
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THE SEARCH PARTY!

The search-party!

It's here!

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How long can I crouch here,

Cold from the water,

Cold from

Fear?

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How long? How long?

They have already found him.

Before they find me?

And then?

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I didn't mean to kill him!

.......No-one will believe that!

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I shall say it was playful wrestling.

Well, it was, in a way.

Or was it?

It started out that way.

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But I was foolish to slap him!

His eyes changed,

His mouth tightened,

He looked threatening.

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'Did he threaten you?'

They'll say.

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All he said was

'You shouldn't have done that.'

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'I wouldn't call that a threat'.

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'It was the way he said it.'

'Explain.'

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'I suddenly felt afraid.

I pushed him, two hands against his chest.

He fell back

Against the rock.

I felt sure he was dead!

I panicked.

I picked up the rock.

Fingerprints!

Already I was behaving like a criminal!'

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'And where is this rock?'

'I threw it in the river.'

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'Would that be when you rolled him into the water too?'

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' I was an idiot!

I thought it would look less....... incriminating.....

A drowning'.

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'How did you feel 

When he screamed as he hit the water?'

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They're here.

I may as well stand  up and meet them.

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Now it all begins.

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