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Book 21 Page 11

 

The politicians smile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The politicians smile

is like a crocodiles smile.

Politician is just waiting to get you in with a;

crooning friendly ‘political,’ crocodile grin.

 

And the bigger that smile gets

the tougher the message becomes.

Crocodile smile / crocodile grin

we’ll all finish up the politically ‘sucked in ones.’

 

So watch out for the politicians smile,

it is when the politician smiles that they do their best deceiving.

For politicians are only dressed up crocodiles you know,

so beware of the message that they’re having you believing.

 

For a politician’s heart is made of wood,

and behind ever politician’s amiable smile

is the inevitable statement;

“you know! you should, you should, you should - you should - you should.”

 

You should vote for me / you should do what I say,

you should ‘all’ follow my cues.

But it’s then you may find yourself in the creek so to speak with the crocodiles,

paddling like crazy in a barbed wire canoe so to speak.

 

For the politician just wants one thing

and it’s the same as the nasty old crocodile.

They’ll chew you up and spit you out

in a typical political crocodile style.

 

So don’t say you weren’t warned.

You’ve got to be on your wits all the while.

Remember to listen very carefully to what they say

when you see that “crocodile smile.”

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au Created on 5/9/00