It's his own voice. Read other poems and reflect.
The last thing I need is an argument about "what does it mean Mummy?"
Had enough of that from people whose five year olds could draw better than that.
Use all those instincts which consensus poetry discourages.
Over and out.
Janet
PS:
Mark's right. And the "driving in" is metaphorical.
It's not simply the Aussie culture but the cooperative and forgiving rural, poor culture where wild creatures had, for a child, a reality as strong as human things. His source or creative spring. The pain of being shoved into the wider world of adults and depression and cruelty and the retreat represented by his chidhood world.
[This message has been edited by Janet Kenny (edited August 14, 2005).]