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from Outback Haiku

 
Pointless to enter
The wardrobe: two Christmases
And never winter
 
The bush kangaroo
Expresses sincere regrets
Tsk, tsk, tsk, poor you!
 
The koala bear
Is misclassified, which is
More than he can bear
 
That lone crocodile
Swallowed no alarm clock so
Can laze for a while
 
The swamp wallaby
Cannot seem to make head nor
Tail, at all, of me
 
The huntsman spider
Dashing off a stirrup-cup
Unseats this rider
 
Giant flat earthworm
Is it coming or going
Ohne drang und sturm?
 
The brushtail possum
Dines out in my wheelie bin
How was it? Awesome!
 
The lonesome dingo
Tries to chat up city dogs
In the wrong lingo
 
The common wombat
Will wisely never engage
In unarmed combat
 
Marsupial mole
Aged thirteen and three-quarters
Diary most droll
 
In Wagga Wagga
Undoubtedly, the tail will
Wagga the dogga
 
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