Goodbye Peter Reith and good riddance and not many for you will shed tears <br />You leave Parliament with a huge payout with far more than the price of a few beers <br />For the Coalition Government you were a headkicker and you won't be that hard to replace <br />A Federal Election is looming and defeat was staring you in the face. <br /> <br />The People of Flinders were waiting to judge you and you knew you would lose your seat <br />So you decided to take your big packet and spare yourself the pain of defeat <br />You tried to bury the Dockers Union but the Dockers Union lives on <br />The Unions have fought many battles and Governments have come and gone. <br /> <br />The tele card scandal your swan song until then you were Mr Clean <br />You abused your powers in no small way and you were deceitful <br />and mean <br />True enough you paid back the money but only because you were found out <br />Your actions to say the least dubious and on you there will always be doubt. <br /> <br />You once used the word thugs about Dockers, you spoke once before you thought twice <br />And you yourself are far from saintly and not many would say <br />you are nice <br />Your enemies out there are many and your friends Mr Reith are so few <br />And as enemy of all Aussie workers there won't be much pity for you. <br /> <br />Where are the rich buddies you favoured to them you no longer are use <br />Now that you are leaving politics is perhaps an enough an excuse <br />For them to decide to disown you as they now see you as one without power <br />You come to realize who your friends are when life on you begins to sour. <br /> <br />Goodbye Mr Reith and good riddance though you won't go short of a bob <br />You now can live on your fat pension and you did such a lousy job <br />The Aussie workers will not miss you and without you the show will go on <br />And the Dockers Union is still living and Governments have come and gone.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/goodbye-peter-reith-and-good-riddance/
