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Book 20 Page 9
Every body wants something
The government wants a tax return.
The church wants me to know Jesus.
Every body wants something
and most times they say they “just want to please us.”
The Schools wants you to learn.
And parents want you to behave.
Every body wants something
until you go to your grave.
And I want them to all go away.
There like a plague of mice.
I wish they wouldn’t want anything
and leave me to my own devise.
© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au dominicj7@poetry.net.au Created on 5/8/00