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A patriotic panther

by  eanna

Posted: Monday, October 24, 2005
Word Count: 115
Summary: Ireland may be a Caltic tiger - but there are other animals making the real decisions.




A patriotic panther

A patriotic panther, was lost amongst the hills
He knew he lived there somewhere
His eyes were playing tricks

The pigeons and the foxes were managing around
Caring nothing for his territory
Peeing on his ground

A younger panther joined them and yowled in joyous mirth
The patriotic panther
Disgusted at the dirt

Oh the days when panthers prowled and rested where they will
The foxes meek, the pigeons weak
The profits and the bills

These modern times are restless the scamperers have know
The panther’s power whisked away
And banished to the snow

The patriotic panther hangs on his party line
The difference in decades gone
The liberal’s design

So there