Explosive Orders

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Alexander the Great, Australian poet, Joe Biden signs executive orders, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬

As quick as lightning Joe’s hand signs.
He should be warned he’s laying mines.

— D.N. O’Brien

May it be so

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Amen, Awoman, epigram, Hebrew words, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝐢𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐨

“Amen” it is sexist — old hat.
And I say “Awoman” to that.

— D.N. O’Brien

Just Buying Time

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Australian poet, Covid-19 lock-down, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐁𝐮𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐢𝐦𝐞

The debt pit isn’t bottomless and so,
The virus waits till they run out of dough.

— D.N. O’Brien

Confined Old Codger Couplets

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Australian poet, Covid-19 lock-down, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets, WuFlu lock-down

𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐎𝐥𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐝𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐬

The old man has seen plagues and war,
But not such foolishness before.

He stares out from his lonely cave,
And thinks the Swedes are rather brave.

He’d take his chances — stand and fight,
But that no longer is his right.

They say they wish to keep him well.
He’d tell them all to go to Hell.

Old friends and places he’ll not see,
If he dies in captivity.

— D.N. O’Brien

Half & Half

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Australian poet, Covid-19 lock-down, epigram, Herd animals, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets, WuFlu crisis

𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟 & 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐟

Half of us are sick of all this shit.
The other half? Well they’re enjoying it.

— D.N. O’Brien

Made in China

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Australian poet, Australian slingshot, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets, Shanghai, shanghai slingshot

𝐌𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐚

I bought a shanghai from Shanghai.
It backfired and took out my eye!

— D.N. O’Brien

Viral Response # 1

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Australian poet, Corona Virus, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐕𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞 # 𝟏

It seems we are now on a footing of war.
But without the bullets, the bombs and the gore.

Stay 6 feet apart or you’re bound to get sick.
Obey, or I’ll prod you with my stasi stick!

If you’re feeling crook then stay isolated.
We’ll pay you to shelter safe under your bed.

As fast as we can we are printing new money.
You’ll soon have that paper you need for the dunny.

The feminine triumphs, the masculine falls.
It seems that our leaders no longer have balls.

— D.N. O’Brien

The Snake Oil Salesman Rationalizes

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Australian poet, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets, Self deception, Snake oil salesmen

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐎𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞𝐬

Initially his aim was to deceive,
But in his product he would soon believe.

— D.N. O’Brien

Bought Boffins

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Antropogenic Climate Change Scam, Australian poet, Corrupt climate change scientists, epigram, Formal poetry, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐁𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐬

Scientists say it’s done and dusted —
That’s why they’re no longer trusted.

— D.N. O’Brien

Clive

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Australian poet, Clive James, Clive James dies, poem, poetry, Rhyming couplets

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞

So rest in peace, and we will miss you Clive;
For few like you, nowadays, are left alive.

— D.N. O’Brien