Friction

ABC WEDNESDAY
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Letter 'F'

FRICTION

 The human race has a prediliction

For 'rubbing along' with lots of friction.

When life should run on well-oiled wheels,

We get lots of snarls and squeals.

Take committees! If I'm right,

All is not sweetness and light!

If one says 'A' another says 'B',

Then yet another cries out 'C'!

What a great world we could share

If friction were not always there!

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But wait! The alternative's not great!

Living in a placid agreeable state!

Imagine a society

In which there is no rivalry!

In which we all say 'Yes' and smile

Agreeing, agreeing all the while!

Think.... we'd all be 'of one mind'!

With not one contract to be signed!

Life would flow like a turgid stream

And how boring it would seem!

Friction adds a little zing

That helps our lives go with a swing.

It's when it's getting out of hand

That human friction should be banned!

A little spat?
Exhilarating.

A world at war?
 Exterminating!

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BUSHWALK.

Bush-walking is a pastime that everyone enjoys

And it need not be exhausting or intense.

There are many wild and gentle places waiting to be found

Where you'll never see a gate or find a fence.

Look at this scenario; the shops are just next-door;
We haven't had to drive to find the area.

Even as we stroll we hear the traffic's vibrant roar!
We're not up in the Gulf of Carpentaria!

The eucalypts are everywhere, and leafy ferns as well,

And little creeks meander down the hill.

The bell-birds hiding in the trees chime their tinkling songs

And the kookaburra's laugh is loud and shrill.

This isn't really country, though it seems a rural place;

The city isn't very far away.

But the bushland still envelopes us with true Australian charm.

And I'm sure I hear it whispering 'G'day!'

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