ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

Brand Games

Our troops march to the games in green and gold;
On foreign fields to make their sacrifice,
Where, will play out, the plans of men and mice.
But lots of Coca Cola will be sold,
Much of it laced with rum and icy cold.
The troops are young and fit, they sure look nice,
They smell of Dove, Rexona and Old Spice;
They’re tested for B.O., or so I’m told.

The commentators’ teeth are white as snow.
They prattle on with fixed and blinding smiles.
Their skins with magic powders are aglow.
No doubt the older ones are nursing piles;
A chance to launch an enterprising scheme
To flog a sporty hemorrhoidal cream.

© Dennis N. O'Brien, 2012

Surely you are not suggesting that the games are merley a marketing tool for big evil corporations

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Campfires, good company and a few beverages under a night sky , it doesnt get any better than that

Evil? - No
Opportunistic? - Yes (not that there's anything wrong with that )

Our ....troops ???

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Neville
Singleton Bush Poets.

Oh yes Neville they are our Troops , havent you realised that the analogy of being in the trenches and bbeing outright heroes is quite ok . forget the fact that they dont face death , nor are they living in mud and filth , they are our troops and it is un-Australian to say otherwise

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Campfires, good company and a few beverages under a night sky , it doesnt get any better than that