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Book 18 Page 18
Unpolished politicians
Politicians seem to be at home in parliament house shouting,
while quoting statistics and numbers .
But when they start to sing the national anthem,
or try to invent analogies or speak poetically,
it’s then that they show their very ordinariness.
© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au dominicj7@poetry.net.au Created on 4/30/00