Scomo Equality

Progress he cried our cabinet’s now swimmin’

With puppet-like, do what they’re told Liberal women

The same ones who applauded the protracted inaction

And suggested the uproar ‘bout Britney, overreaction

They’ve formed a committee to give serious thought

To any transgressors ... well the ones who are caught

Relax, the contentious issues if indeed there are any

Will be promptly deferred to Scomo’s clever wife Jenny

Brilliant work Scomo, you should really be proud

You should have no fear in future confronting the crowd

Inequality reigns but no need for us to be shitty

Cause our visionary leader has formed a committee

So much achieved bloody hell they gave it a nudge

But because they needed the vote, kept Alan Tudge

Nice to know he’s working things out as he oughta

Along with Johnsen, Linda Reynolds and Christian Porter

Congratulations to you all but I really must stress

Be on guard for complacency with all this success

Such enlightened productivity is so hard to conceive

Remember if it all goes to shit, you can always take leave!!

1st April 2021

The Right To Question

We cannot travel or interact with other nations people, that’s a fact

Nor determine fact from fiction causing not a small amount, of friction

Faceless people have assumed control impervious to the taken toll

Greed and fortune rule their actions dividing opinions, creating factions

An age old mantra reimposed I doubt will ever be fully exposed

And all we know are versions told from sources that are thus controlled

By those who have the most to gain, our sentence an unknowing pain

So many things we’ll never know, corporations now run the show

Now Orwell’s 1984 - has arrived in spades and so much more

Newspapers, radio, Internet, TV ... can we trust all we read or see

The answer, shit I haven’t a clue but the right to question lies with you

How much of the story do we hear, that is what I really fear

Though I am, ‘toeing the line’ - there’s a constant gnawing I can’t define

So I won’t insult those who query or perpetuate some different theory

Above all I bristle at any suggestion that denies our basic right - to question

25th April 2021

The 'State' of the COVID Fight

The Duke, she’s a Cowgirl, with the reigns in her mouth

Doesn’t submit to the theories that abound in the South

She will fight, scrap and tussle till her last dying breath

Whilst leading her state into the valley of death

Pal’s a bit different Qld the destination state

With sport in particular, pretty much everyone’s mate

Though lockdowns occur they are fighting the squalor

Taking Netball, NRL and the AFL dollar

Dandy is dour but there is no doubt that he cares

So much so he threw his own self down the stairs

It’s lock early, lock hard and then comment on Sydney

With what amounts to a verbal jab in the kidney

The Marshall is quiet and whilst upholding the law

Doesn’t seem to say much, maybe a trifle unsure

Although opportunity abounds and Steve has had his

The lips remain sealed, look what happened to Gladys

Guts runs Tasmania where the impacts are low

An island is a very handy defence don’t you know

And COVID’s clearly focussing elsewhere of late

The fucker can’t swim, at least not across Bass Straight

Mac he’s the knife who’s used both the cut and thrust

Always slamming the borders shut whilst garnering trust

Of people who live well west of the Nullarbor

Which led to a landslide result and four years more

Of course …

He said and she said and clearly no-one’s in charge

The lack of direction from Scotty looms large

It seems nothing’s achieved by bull, bluff and bluster

With the nation all wishing that he soon GETS A CLUSTER!!

6th August 2021

The Virus is Viral

The world is descending in a free falling spiral

I heard just today that the virus had gone viral

My reaction predictably shock and concern

We feel the impact of COVID at every turn

But I surveyed the situation and what did I find

The media constantly changing their mind

Trumpeting contempt of near all course of action

With not one politician receiving positive reaction

NSW has it wrong it needs far more order

Whilst WA they are wankers with their hard border

Victoria found wanting, Croweaters - them too

Tasmania basically didn’t have too much to do

Queensland’s on a bender from temperate to tropic

NT & ACT hardly rate on this topic

The pollies, all of them both Federal and State

Lambasted by journos as plain second rate

This COVID shit … is all you see, hear and read

Relentless to the extent my eyes and ears bleed

I crave for a simple old fashioned political scandal

Choice would be nice too .. the Gourd or the Sandal

(Excuse Life of Brian Reference!!)

So stuff it I say and to hell with this virus

It’s the media that really has been sent to try us

A judgemental, sycophantic form of pollution

Dealing solely in blame and no hint of solution

Yes it’s true, it’s confirmed, the virus is viral

Let’s all do our best there’s no need for a trial

Look after yourself and other people in need

And ignore what’s become a Mass Media Feed

Remember Me

Remember Me

I was driving on my birthday and got a call which I supposed

Was a greeting from my brother but then said he’d been diagnosed

He didn’t dwell or sugarcoat, just said he’d do his level best

To fight it anyway he could and I expected nothing less

Thinking after the years have passed, it now occurs to me

The date and awkward synergy simply say remember me

But I needed not that reminder because I’d loved him from the start

And as so many writer’s wrote, he’s forever in my heart

Strangely there was more to go, on my daughter’s birthday he died

Oh what a stark reminder for me, that cannot be denied

Both dates still bring celebration coupled with the need to pause

Remember Pat and then look around and cherish you and yours

Thinking after the years have passed, it still occurs to me

The date and awkward synergy simply say remember me

But I need not that reminder because I’d loved him from the start

And I live on and know each and everyday he’s forever in my heart

Living and laughing with you still!

** A post for happiness, music, golf, family and the beach**

Life's Last Door ..... (a tough time letting someone we love go through that final door)

When I end up at life’s last door and my journey’s led me to it

Hope you as friends and family do no more but gently help me through it

That you don’t pity me, fuss too much, just send me on my way

Remember all I’ve done and such and know I’ve had my day

 I am gonna try to smile once more when that curtain calls to me

As I walk in through that final door towards life’s eternal mystery

So hold my hand, kiss my cheek, in some way I’ll still remain

And all those cliches we’ll speak then like until we meet again

 I’ve done it once or twice and now watched friends go through it too

There’s no rules written as to how so I’ll just leave it up to you

That door will close behind me so after you have played your part

Know that I will always be, in your life, locked safe within your heart

 And to those friends, I know who, have trodden this well worn path

Cut yourself some slack, cause you, deserve joy in it’s aftermath

The selfless thing you have done, a courtesy you can’t ignore

Made it easier for your special one, to stroll gently through that door

John Mason 31st August 2020

Changes In Greetings

There’ll be some collateral damage from the COVID situation

One could be the demise of the MAN-HUG infatuation

No longer will some squirm at another man’s touch

Be put through that torment and will not miss it much

From now on it be a wink or even nod of the head

That male on male greeting may have been put to bed

The handshake could be under scrutiny too, and maybe canned

Just because people do not properly wash their own hands

 What will be expected in future beginning with here and now

Might be replication of the Indian greeting .. hand up and say how

And kissing, well let’s face it can no longer possibly survive

The key put straight in the ignition ‘when you go for a drive’

 It’ll be knuckles and elbows and those waves from afar

Thousands of lonely people sitting by themselves in a spa

With populations shit scared of any further viral trouble

And keen to exist solely in their own personal bubble

 There will be brave people though who won’t take this tack

Who’ll stick their tongue in an ear and lick sweat off a back

They’ll stay true to traditions such as leather and lace

Smart, lucky bastards who’ll die with … a smile on face!

John Mason 02/ 04/2020

Share The Dog

Though it’s called the Black Dog that is just a name

Why, how and when it bites is never quite the same

Except once you're afflicted it can hide close at hand

Impacting at times and in ways hard to understand

It’s tenacious, grabs hold and resists letting go

This relentless, consuming and sadly familiar foe

If I could control it for you, I would with due speed

Gently but firmly grab hold of that bloody dog’s lead

And take it so far from you that you would never again

Have to suffer the torment, the struggle and pain

Know I am here and that if you should need me at all

I’m ready, willing and able to answer the call

I’m your friend and that means you should not be alone

And have to, no longer fight the Black Dog on your own

John Mason 10/05/2020