A POETIC PLANET

THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS RATED HH; HOPEFULLY HUMOROUS.

The pollies in NSW have 22 days left to convince you who to vote for. But some have already made their mind up including stand-up poetry star, Benji Olten.


Public speaking as demonstrated by Cicero

After recently opting for a career change, Olten has turned to the wonderful world of prose and will now write for Melrose Politics every Friday.

Each week Olten will attempt to pass the time by casting a comical interpretation of the most important stories and people being brought into our lives care of the mainstream media.

This week he turns to the biggest event in 2011 that Events NSW is not promoting in its advertising campaign; the State Election.

Casting Off
Benji Olten

There's a speaker in there
A few dickheads as well
There are leaders playing games
And electricity to sell
Keep an open mind when you vote outside
For none of the C....

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