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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