Centrelink glimpse
The lanyard wearing workers, bless ‘em,
Treat everyone with polite condescension.
Eerie in its carpeted quiet, the room silently screams
Sadness from many painful untold stories.
Hurt and broken people queue on a carpet strip
Wait on plastic chairs wrapped in their own despair.
Insiders/outsiders
Insiders/outsiders, who’s to know?
Wannabe backsliders, ready to go.
Insiders who think they’re outsiders
you know, bro, cool but edgy, yeah!
Try to treat them gently as you make your getaway
Sorry man, gotta run, my brain is melting.
Leave their delusions intact
Cover your facts
If they don’t get it, they don’t.
That’s it – just walk away.
Leave the Wallies and the loonies,
Over-smiling sociopaths
Who want to be your friend.
Not around here. Not today.
hugh wade 
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