Les Incompétents

Les Incompétents

The copper with a disdain for crime

The chimney sweep who couldn't stand grime

The fireman who hated fire

The salesman who couldn't sell and had to hire.

Doing a job that doesn't suit you 

is de rigueur these days.

The potter who hated lime

The watchmaker who never kept time

The undertaker who was scared of the dead

The artist whose work was like an unmade bed.

The postman who thought he was better

 than every god damn parcel and letter

The career advisor who was forever unemployed,

the positions she advised were never enjoyed

usually missionary standing at a till. 

The waiter and waitress who couldn't make out a bill.

The butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker were all hipsters

the artisan cheese maker was a chav on the make

he actually sold reptiles, his favourite, a snake

The lifeguard who couldn't swim

The fashion model who lived in a bin

The bin man who dreamt of the cat walk

The teacher who could not reach

out to the students who could not study

The banker who couldn't spell fraud

The junior doctor moving abroad

but the sappiest sap of all
was the writer

 the short-arse who thought he was tall

s/he had never heard of the word 'rejet'  

they thought it French, therefore European

and that it didn't apply to them.