#TSL PROMPT 23, Napowrimo 2021
Write a poem using you favourite tag line
Nidi Popli
Oh dear, our PM is suffering
From one SNAFU to another
He keeps saying
Not my job, mate
As soon as he is queried
His mantra comes to the fore
It’s not my job, he repeats
I don’t hold the jab
When vaccination rates are not on target
When fires ravaged Australia
I don’t hold the hose
It’s not my job
And off he went to Hawaï
For a deserved family holiday
When a journalist queries
His latest announcement
He replies
Not my job to tell you
How to write stories
When rogue ministers
Battle rape allegations and sexual harassment
Well, that’s a matter for the police
See, I’m not the Commissioner of Police
He loftily replies
Not my job to be
A policeman in people’s private affairs
When universities are struggling
He comes up with
If people expect me to a culture warrior
In this job, that’s not my job
We’ve heard him tell us
It’s not my job to be an ethical theologian
He’s got problems to sell us his message
It’s not my job to go and tell Australians
What they should be doing
It’s not my job to get offended
And I don’t contemplate it
Because that’s not my job
It is not my job to make
A commentary on an election
He is suffering so much
Our job is to help him
Making sure he’s back
To his old marketing job!
Lucette C. Bailliet
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