You may not be a perfect woman or man
But since to live a good life you do the best you can
And you are willing for to help one of help in need
Then you are a good person a good one indeed.
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In Australian literature one worthy of note
In his poems he lives on as a legendary poet
In Nhill where he lived for many years his old cottage does stand
As a memorial to a great of the Wimmera Mallee land
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When I was younger I'm going back the years
'Twas said by macho men real men don't shed tears
And to believe them bigger fool was I
As I now realize such talk based on a lie.
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Though some put their point across by force of might
There is a great difference between wrong and right
And force of might never can make right out of wrong
To the arrogant and ignorant such thinking belong.
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An unsuccesful fellow I've written reams of bad rhyme
And I would be in prison if penning doggerel was a crime
As gray as a badger and years past my life's prime
Though we all become victims of old Father time.
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Since they cannot eat grass or seeds they can only eat meat
The animals, reptiles, fish and birds of prey they must kill for to eat
And if they they don't eat then they will not live
The innocent killers don't have sins to forgive
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The magpie he pipes on the black wattle tree
In the gray of twilight by the cliffs of the sea
The temperatures nice around 18 degrees
And the evening is calm with only a slight breeze
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Though of it the Human World is not in need
It does not have a Race or it does not have a Creed
In religion or atheism you can find it there
It does not have a home feels at home anywhere
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The dunce of the Classroom in Primary School
Just due to lack of interest yet nobody's fool
One of the wealthiest people in his Hometown today
Wonders never cease as some are known to say
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After months of drought conditions so welcome is the rain
And nice to see the brown stormwater running in the open drain
It may not be the drought breaking heavy rains that we so badly need
But every dropp is welcome very welcome indeed
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