Martin It would be good to link together political cliches
Thanks cheers Patrick
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Patrick
Is this a found poem? Have you drawn together a series of quotes from
Oz politicians as the move from the phoney election to the real one? ;-)
Martin
Patrick McManus wrote:
> GOOD INTENTIONS
>
>
> he woke up
> with the dawn chorus
> rising of the sun
> in the calm after the storm
> he decided bravely
> with good intentions
> that there was
> no time like the present
> take he plunge
> put his best foot forward
> get things in apple pie order
> shoulder to the wheel
> turn a new leaf
> face trials and tribulations
> at this point in time
> put his nose to the grindstone
> remember the Alamo
> take the bull by the horns
> use traditional family values
> keep the wolf from the door
> go the whole hog
> have his moment of glory
> set the record straight
> still waters run deep
> start from scratch
> win friends and affluence
> work like a dog
> but it soon turned
> into his worst nightmare
> a bull in a china shop
> as luck would have it
> suddenly it was raining
> cats and dogs
> he had got out of
> the wrong side of the bed
> had to turn
> his face to the wall
> his road paved to hell
> scared to death
> his senses reeling
> pressed his panic button
> he realised
> it was the same old story
> that it was all just
> the stuff that
> dreams were made of
> in the final analysis
> to err is human
> not to beat about the bush
> but inexorably drawn
> down in the dumps
> he threw in the towel
> received the kiss of death
> then was it was all
> dead as a doornail
> let sleeping dogs lie
> nipped in the bud
> no guts no glory
> but it was just a
> simple twist of fate
> his bell tolled
> and tolled
>
>
>
> pmcmanus q152
>
> for Kasper S
> certified cliché free
> Wednesday, 17 October 2007
>
>
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