Reverse Psychology

                            

REVERSE PSYCHOLOGY

The humour is somewhat macabre

But the message is quite crystal clear.

Don't be tempted to risk life and limb

For the sake of some wine or some beer!

But this sign doesn't tell the whole tale;

Drivers take many risks for a thrill;

But it isn't their own life at stake;

Other lives go if they kill.

And what of the medics and such

Who have to be first on the scene?

They're mentally scarred for all time

By the terrible carnage they've seen.

And families grieving for years

Are part of the price that is paid.

A skinful of drink for all this!

It doesn't seem much of a trade.

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USELESS LOOP

Where in the world is Useless Loop!

I've certainly never been there!

And with it having a name like that

I wouldn't want to be seen there!

It's over in Western Australia;

It looks an arid place,

But with a name like Useless Loop

It can't be commonplace!

In fact it's the home of salt ponds

So at least it has some worth!

And from those salt ponds comes, they say,

The purest sea-salt on earth.

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