The End Is Nigh Poem by jerry hughes

The End Is Nigh



The little sewer rat John Howard
can't swim against the tide of public
loathing and distrust any longer.

Facing ignominious defeat and the
loss of his own seat, his paraplegic
morning walk is now a mourning wake.

Hoisted on his own petard, little Johnny
faces the remaining years being nagged
to his grave by his awful, scheming wife.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Lauren Watkins 29 October 2007

If you don't know it, you should listen to the song 'year of the rat' by the whitlams. it holds a rather similar view of our illustrious PM :)

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Alison Cassidy 26 October 2007

Jerry this is one of your finest Howard tributes. I particularly enjoyed 'his paraplegic morning walk is now a mourning wake.' Go Maxine! love, Allie xxxx

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Good to see you sufficiently motivated to post again J..... t x

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Ivan Donn Carswell 23 October 2007

Jez, I hope I can keep a straight face when I'm writing a eulogy... You overrate him as a sewer rat, he's actually rather leech-like...

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