ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

The House that Sean Built

© Stephen Whiteside 14.07.2012


This is the house that Sean built.

This is the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

These are the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

This is the rain
That fills the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

These are the drains
That fill with the rain
That fills the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

This is the bay that fills with the water
That fills the drains
That fill with the rain
That fills the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

This is the salt
That fills the water that fills the bay
That fills the drains
That fill with the rain
That fills the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.

And this is the desal plant
That removes the salt
That fills the water that fills the bay
That fills the drains
That fill with the rain
That fills the gutters
That ring the roof
That sits on the house that Sean built.