SMILE CVN'T ! WHY CVN'T ?

 

(This piece was inspired by eccentric Sydney 75yr-old sandwich-board wearer Danny Lim who was arrested, handcuffed and fined $500 for displaying a sign “SMILE CVN'T ! WHY CVN'T ?” after a single phone complaint. He appeared in court with his chihuahua-pomeranian Smarty. The magistrate was highly critical of the arresting officers and said the law was concerned with what would offend the “hypothetical reasonable person”. The $500 fine was overturned.)

 

 

Eccentrics should be treasured

And not chained up, cut down

We need them to inspire us

To look up, not on ground

 

They may be unconventional

And make us squirm a bit

But hey? What is life all about?

Get off shelf where you sit

 

"As long as we allow convention to govern us

we will never make progress" (DM)

 

Maybe just for a moment

Get off your shelf, allow

An inner eccentricity

Come out, be shown (then bow)

 

You may like it.....

And so may others....

You never know.....

 

Don Matthews August 2019