God must love larrikins.
He calls them home early
to be with Him.
Warnie, of course. the King of Spin
and some years earlier,
The Crocodile Hunter, Steve Irwin.
No one saw that coming.
Least of all, him.
A stingray!
A creature from the black lagoon!
Too soon. Too soon. Taken.
And Paul Walker, my favourite,
who taught me to live
fast and furious.
God took him too.
But the dictators and tyrants
are allowed to linger,
grow putrid..
If only He loved them a little more.
- pic courtesy of Pinterest by Kobe eReader
John Malone 
What a nice mix of sad, sweet, funny, and vindictive. 🙂
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thanks Ed for being first cab off the rank; really appreciate that 🙂
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I had to look up larrikin and now it all fits. sad, true and a bit of dark humor mixed in with a question to the universe. well done
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thanks, Beth; ‘larrikin’, I should have realized, is an Aussie word — but it fits, it fits 🙂
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Ha! I had to look of Larrikins. Made me think of Bushwangers. How do they rank? I know, let’s grow a dictatorial fan club, shall we? See if we can get them moved up the list. 😂
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Lol. a brilliant idea; Beth too had to look up ‘larrikins’; it’s such a part of our language that we tend to forget it’s Aussie; I see even auto correct is not happy with it 🙂 I had to look up ‘bushwangers’ but couldn’t find it 😦
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Oh, I am indeed tired. I meant Bushranger-Bushranger – highwayman, outlaw, no?
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yes, I knew that one; Ned Kelly and all that mob: Captain Moonlite …. have a good sleep, K; look for fresh stuff in the morning 🙂
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I’m still mourning Warnie. He was my idol growing up. Taken far too soon.
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yes, he was one of the true larrikins —
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God must love larrikins he calls them home early ..I love it
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thanks Kate; if you get given a line like that, you know you’ve got to do something with it; God bless the larrikins –and will auto correct stop underlining the word !!
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Haha damn that auto correct and yes you are right – when God gives you a line you simply have to use it – it’s finding a pen or something when you get the line at an inopportune time that is the problem
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I got up in the middle of the night, Kate, and slammed the lines down; polished them up over a cup of coffee and Jaffa Cake in the morning before I posted 🙂
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Jaffa cake sounds good.
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I must do a post, an ode, to them one day; I’ve done an ode, a post, on Jelly Cakes but not Jaffa Cakes; check them out on your supermarket shelf in the International aisle —
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So they’re not even Australian? Forget the ode 😂
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hahaha; you’re right; they’re British: ode forgotten 🙂
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[[ whispering: right click, ‘add to dictionary’ ]]
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it’s a great word, Ed, beloved of all Aussies 🙂
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A hearty colleague of rapscallion, ne’er-do-well, scoundrel, and whippersnapper
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love it, Ed: the vigor of the vernacular 🙂
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Ayep. The carny call of the colloquial.
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Lol. you’ve nailed it, Ed 🙂
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As did you. I love ‘vigor of the vernacular’! I just couldn’t resist adding to the colorful stack. …the effervescence of everyday exchange…
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Legends these and it is perverse how tyrants can lead a charmed life. 🙂
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well said, Hobbo: I hope a Certain Person takes note:)
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Not much chance of that, unfortunately.
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I know; as Johnny Cash famously sang: ‘I don’t like it but I guess things happen that way’ —
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He was right, and he had some great songs.
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‘the man in black’, Hobbo !! respect 🙂
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Absolutely.
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Beautiful tribute my friend 🖤🖤
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thank you; once I had that first line I knew I had a poem 🙂 every country must have its beloved larrikins 🙂
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Indeed. Or even adopted ones – which the Aussies you mention certainly are here 👍🖤🖤
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Paul Walker doesn’t quite fit, not being an Aussie but he was a larrikin ; God bless the larrikins: may they flourish and escape the clutches of a greedy god 🙂
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Yeah, can’t say I know much about Paul Walker (other than his tragic death) having never seen his films, but Steve and Shane are simply legendary larrikins 🖤🖤🖤
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Yes, God takes those early whom he loves the most. I’ve never warmed up to this concept. I thought God was neutral. Well written. Can feel the underlying emotions. 🙂
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yes, the emotions ‘welled up’ when I wrote this one, Terveen 🙂
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Croute, John! I had to look it up too. You and Kate really help expand my vocabulary. ☺️
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thanks Karla; glad you liked the poem — and you learnt a new word ! you can learn a lot from us Aussies 🙂
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You’re welcome, John! And yes, I do learn a lot from you both. I plan on sticking to that! 😊🙌🏻
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that’s so good 🙂
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I almost spit my tea out,…in my first reply, “Croute” was supposed to be Crikey! What the heck? Lol. Your U.S. friend is making up her own words. 🤦🏼♀️🤷🏼♀️
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Lol. Crikey, Karla. ‘Croute’ threw me. I thought it might be a quaint Americanism; glad you cleared that one up 🙂
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😁 it made me think of crouton…and there you go. Now I’m thinking of bacon to put on a salad. And that’s how my mind works at times! lol
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hahahah; it sounds a very creative mind to me 🙂
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thank you; I hope you draw in some readers 🙂
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That looks like an adventure lol. This is a tribute right? I have to look them up
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it certainly is a tribute; they have lived remarkable lives; it’s worth looking them up 🙂
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