You don't have to tell me I already know <br />That money on bushes or on trees does not grow <br />Or dogs can't play guitars or worms can't sing <br />Or an eagle can't soar after breaking a wing. <br /> <br />You don't have to tell me that the dodo is dead <br />Or that mad-man King George was not right in the head <br />And that all forms of life are born to die <br />This is common knowledge and facts do not lie. <br /> <br />You don't have to tell me that elephants can't fly <br />Or that rhinos can't dance on the clouds of the sky <br />Or that a full grown shark looks much like a trout <br />What I speak of here surely goes without doubt. <br /> <br />I may not be the brightest but I too can tell <br />The difference between the sound of a car horn and a church bell <br />And I am not as silly as I may appear <br />For I too don't believe everything I do hear.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-don-t-have-to-tell-me/
