I wish I could soar like an eagle <br />To get me a birds eye view <br />Of all goings on not quite legal <br />All governments seem to accrue <br /> <br />I wish I could work like a beaver <br />Politics then would be damned <br />Political underachievers <br />Forever politically banned <br /> <br />I wish I could swim like a fish <br />Holy Mackerel! What I wouldn't do! <br />I'd swimming-ly cook up a dish <br />Of fishy political stew <br /> <br />I wish I could pounce like a lion <br />Living my life with some pride <br />I'd bounce those politically lie-in' <br />To places they couldn't well hide <br /> <br />I wish I was swift as a deer <br />I'd run in the coming election <br />Where voters could end the careers <br />Of incumbents needing rejection <br /> <br />I wish I was more than just dreaming <br />Our political world's all askew <br />I'm just a well-wisher scheming <br />Who wishes his dreams could come true<br /><br />Stanley Cooper<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/i-wish-8/
