Odour Of Abbott by Jennifer Ellem

Odour of Abbott

A wanna be priest called Abbott

Was found to be a little too rabid

His visions of glory were dimmed

By the churches care for those who had sinned

So he left in huff

Saying enough of this stuff

And into the world he spinned

He was trained in the law

But found the rules quite a bore

So business seemed like the thing

But in his very first weeks

He appeared up shits creek

By making a mess

Of a factory no less

In ignoring the workers he’d incited a strike

And the management told Abbott go take a hike

He dabbled with writing

As journalism seemed so exciting

But the work was exacting

With no room for acting

And its lustre soon lost it shine

From there was the leap

To the political heap

Whose heights he started to climb

With bluster and blather

He worked up a lather

That propelled him ever up the incline

All that was needed

Was the dissent that he seeded

To give him that particular shine.

By hook or by crook

He did what it took

To master the political slope

And as he ascended

His views he amended

To garner support from all

He slipped and he slid

His true vision he hid

And he watched his opponents fall.

Now was the moment

Now was the time

The star that was Abbott

Was ready to shine

He smiled and he winked

Investigated batts that were pink

And gave presents to all of his friends

For Rupert you see

Didn’t like the ABC

So as a gift just for him

He cut off its limbs

So the bother to Rupert was small.

For mining buddies Gina and Co

The carbon tax as promised did go and

In its place was a gift

Fuel subsidies to aid in their thrift

While Australians footed their bill

In another treat just for them

The RETS came to an end

To be the PM was a thrill.

For the ladies of Oz there was much that he gave

So when doing their ironing

For him they were pining

And the money he told them he saved.

But times were a changing

In the polls Labor was gaining

And poor Tony was all at sea.

He just couldn’t see why

They dissed is blue tie

Didn’t they know he was a wonderful bloke?

When asked about pensions

He called it dissention

Yelling there was no promise he broke

He stomped and he pouted

His critics he outed

Saying they’re just trying to smear

At the man we should all revere

I’m the leader the captain

He bellowed in vain

My calls are beyond reproach

But each day the ground shifted

And his leadership listed

While the nation looked on in disgust

He tried terror and fear

Bullying all who came near

But the slope was already sliding

Children in harm

Huh – why should he give a darn?

A stitch-up was all he could sneer.

So we wait and we wonder

For Abbott’s next blunder

To see if it will finally end

There are those who have waited

With breath that was baited

To see Abbott completely undone

For me I don’t care

For I think they all share

The blame for the mess it’s become

All playing their games

While others suffer in our name

Is not something I’ll ever forgive

This political strife

Has cost others their life

And nothing will ever undo

The words that were spoken

And the laws that were passed

That gave leave for the horrors

So cruel and so harsh.