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Everybody’s in a “work for the doll” program

Hey Mr. ‘Work for the doll coordinator,’ I don’t think it’s fair that you should make me be in a ‘work for the doll’ program.

Hey don’t look at me, I don’ think it’s fair either.

Do you think I like being a ‘work for the doll’ program coordinator!!!?

I’m only doing this job because my work for the doll coordinator is making me do this work.

And he’s only doing it because his coordinator is making him, and so on and so forth.

We’re all Subject to Centrelink in our own way.

Who the hell’s got a real job these days anyway!?

Now sign here or you don’t eat tonight.

© Written by Dominic John Gill www.poetry.net.au  dominicj7@poetry.net.au May 11, 2005