Building the Nation

 Today l did my share
In building the nation
I drove a Permanent Secretary
To an important and urgent function
In fact to a luncheon at the Vic.

I drove the Permanent Sedcretary back
He yawned many times in the back of the car
Then to keep awake, he suddenly asked
'Did you have any lunch, friend?
'l replied, l looking straight ahead
And secretly smiling at his belated concern
That l had not, but was slimming!

And friend, it goes against my grain
Causes me stomach ulcers and wind
'Ah,' he continued, yawming again
The pains we suffer in building the nation!.
So the PS had ulcers too!
My ulcers l think are equally painful
Only they are caused by hunger
Not sumptuous lunches!

So two nation builders
Arrived home this evening
With terrible pains
The result of building the nation -
Different ways.