IN HIS OPINION
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2010 2:08 pm
IN HIS OPINION
There is a man who knows it all,
who's got it all worked out.
He's able to discern what's what;
of that he has no doubt.
He's sure the stuff of learned books
is false and foolish rot.
And even though he's never read
a word therein, that's not
a problem for this man; in his opinion.
Now, other people's language he
has judged as gibberish.
It's obvious that when they speak
their tongues are devilish.
The common adjectives he speaks
are mostly impolite.
For him the rules of grammar are
profoundly recondite.
He speaks with eloquence; in his opinion.
And foreign food is one more thing
this man finds just no good.
He knows about it's awful taste
he always has withstood.
He's never had a mouthful touch his
palate; so refined.
If foreign food was suitable
to relish as one dined,
this man would surely know; in his opinion.
There is a man who rails against
the current government.
They're way off course, they've got it wrong,
he'll brook no argument.
He has no knowledge of the mode
of party policies.
He's never studied Parliament
'cause sport is all he sees.
But he could run the state; in his opinion.
There is a man who knows it all,
who's got it all worked out.
He's able to discern what's what,
of that he has not doubt.
The bothersome entanglement
of proof or evidence
is just an obstacle to his
perceptive common sense.
This man, well he just knows; in his opinion.
Neville Briggs
This one got a place at Toolangi. It started life as one of those homework topics at our little poets group at Singleton.
There is a man who knows it all,
who's got it all worked out.
He's able to discern what's what;
of that he has no doubt.
He's sure the stuff of learned books
is false and foolish rot.
And even though he's never read
a word therein, that's not
a problem for this man; in his opinion.
Now, other people's language he
has judged as gibberish.
It's obvious that when they speak
their tongues are devilish.
The common adjectives he speaks
are mostly impolite.
For him the rules of grammar are
profoundly recondite.
He speaks with eloquence; in his opinion.
And foreign food is one more thing
this man finds just no good.
He knows about it's awful taste
he always has withstood.
He's never had a mouthful touch his
palate; so refined.
If foreign food was suitable
to relish as one dined,
this man would surely know; in his opinion.
There is a man who rails against
the current government.
They're way off course, they've got it wrong,
he'll brook no argument.
He has no knowledge of the mode
of party policies.
He's never studied Parliament
'cause sport is all he sees.
But he could run the state; in his opinion.
There is a man who knows it all,
who's got it all worked out.
He's able to discern what's what,
of that he has not doubt.
The bothersome entanglement
of proof or evidence
is just an obstacle to his
perceptive common sense.
This man, well he just knows; in his opinion.
Neville Briggs
This one got a place at Toolangi. It started life as one of those homework topics at our little poets group at Singleton.