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Waikeria Officer's Yarns


Poems:


TEA BOY - COFFEE BREAK

We all take milk, no sugar
Quickly - there yon slave
And we won't have any backchat
Cos that's not the way to behave.

So despite his reluctance
Yeh!! It fair ruffled his tits!
He made a drink for his seniors
McDonald - Brennan and Fritz.
This gang of three were very staunch
As they stood over this unwilling bloke
And it's now become quite clear
A standard Karaka Unit joke.

But no, he did the job quite well
And the three - with him - were pleased
If only they could have read his mind
They would have been ill at ease.

A little while later
To Rata Unit he did go
And retold the story
of those so and so's

Eleven years in this friggin job
(He was heard to say)
And I'm still a bloody teaboy
Don't worry - Humpty Heay!!!

(Dedicated to: SPO 'Humpty' Hays)

Copyright - Des Foster 2000


SAMMY & SON

Dawn had broken on a brand new day,
the power lifting team made for Whangarei.

As the day progressed the team was benching well,
The bars were loaded and the records fell,
The competition was great, all the contestants were wired,
Evening came and it was "hit the road before we got too tired".
Diesel was needed, so we stopped at Mercer,
From that moment on (for Sammy) things just got worser.
The attendant, so helpful and willing,
Chatted freely while the diesel was filling.
At the sight of three such big blokes, he quipped,
"What have you been up to folks?"

So we supporters told him of our day,
All that power lifting in Whangarei,
Our attendant, a young kind of lad, Made the comment to paroled inmate 'D'
..."Is that your Dad?"
Into the station for Moros to eat on the run,
went Sammy, followed closely by his "SON".
When 'D' came back he was full of laughter,
He did tell us supporters promptly thereafter.
Unknown to Sammy, one of the big blokes,
He became the butt of our jokes.

It was hard to tell Sammy without him getting mad,
That the attendant had asked 'D' about his DAD.
Amidst much laughter with tears beginning to flow,
Sammy started the engine and said, ****! lets GO!!!

(Dedicated to: SPO 'Sammy' Samson)

Copyright Fiona Hood 2000