“The police behaved quite badly, bashing a lot of the marchers, and releasing the personal details of many of the people arrested.”“The destruct...on of the environment?” Megan suggested.“Crazy political leaders pushing the world towards nuclear war,” Jillian added.“I think we’re making a good start,” Phil said. “All we have to do is write the songs!”“We’ve already had one song line that, ‘Erskineville Road’,” Andrew said. “That managed to piss off the establishment in Queensland, but, fuck ‘em,. Good to meet you.”“Nice to meet you, Brenda.”She was still holding my hand - and hell, I really didn’t want to let go of hers.“I see our tractors coming. We need to show them the field, then we’ll come back by.”She squeezed my fingers and smiled, “You need to come have a look inside. We’ve really been cleaning this place, and now we’re getting ready to do some painting.”“See you in a few minutes.”I drove on ahead just as our tractors came up behind us.We drove past the first three cotton fields. It's what happens after that that makes things complicated. I stood, looking down at a shaggy, dusty, multi-colored coyote. Its mouth was partly open and I could see its teeth ... perhaps the very teeth that had savaged that colt's leg. At the same time I knew that up until a few minutes ago this had been a living creature. I had assumed the role of God, deciding what would live and what would die, and I didn't like that role. I knew the poor thing lying at my feet had to die, because of the. She then walked over to her wardrobe, opened the other door very carefully,fearful that it too may fall off. But it didn’t. What was in this side of the wardrobe was totally different from the latexand rubber in the first side. These clothes are more elegant and nicer, edgingtowards the normal, but never quite reaching it. There were long corsets ofvelvets, satins and taffetas, skirts of silk and elegant brocade dresses. She stood, inspecting them, as if each one was putting its point.