It soon began to dawn on meHe wasn’t very bright,Because when he was twenty-threeHe couldn’t read or write.‘What shall we do?’ his parents sob.‘The boy has got the vapors!He couldn’t even get a jobDelivering the papers!’‘Ah-ha,’ I said, ‘this little clotCould be a politician.’‘Nanny,’ he cried, ‘Oh Nanny, whatA super proposition!’‘Okay,’ I said, ‘let’s learn and noteThe art of politics.Let’s teach you how to miss the boatAnd how to drop some bricks,And how to win the people’s voteAnd lots of other tricks.Let’s learn to make a speech a dayUpon the T.V. screen,In which you never never sayExactly what you mean.And most important, by the way,Is not to let your teeth decay,And keep your fingers clean.’And now that I am eighty-nine,It’s too late to repent.The fault was mine the little swineBecame the President.
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Roald Dahl was a 20th-century British writer and poet. Roald Dahl was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. Read more on Wikipedia →