DON – THE BRAVE
by David Palethorpe
Our son Don,
He was a special child,
As special as can be.
In fact, he was the specialest
The world will ever see.
And because he was so special,
He made others look a fool.
So we took the special action
Of sending him to a special school.
He dressed up in a uniform,
A soldier from the past.
So smart, so arrogant,
As he paraded back and forth.
It was because he was so special
That he didn’t look so daft.
Our Don looked every inch a hero —
He was given an award.
He wore it on his uniform,
He even wore a sword.
But then arrived a problem:
A war for a real man.
Against some yellow folk
In a place called Vietnam.
But our brave Don was special,
Far too special to go and fight.
So we paid for a deferment
From the dreaded draft.
So our brave son — so special —
Got let off not twice,
Or thrice, or four…
He was considered so very special
He avoided having to serve
Five times and even more.
And now our special son,
Far too special to have served —
The bully and the coward,
Too special to be brave —
Is now the Commander-in-Chief
Of the good old USA.
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