Let’s see, their concocted narrative
begins with a, COVID being ‘leaked’
from Eastern Asia
(but don’t ever mention Fauci and his friends
owning offshore labs, and their rabid bats)
then, COVID took a permanent, stranglehold
on our way of life in the developed, West
had our first variant, visit us
from Central Asia, with all that fear inducing hoopla
and now our festive season, defeating
outbreak, threatens us via Southern Africa
let me - too, have a go
at this guessing game
to our media’s, politically sensationalised
finger pointing, antics
next up, to be blamed for ever-more
horrific variant’s will be Southern America,
and in its fourth-year cycle
COVID’s worst
will be rising-up from marginalised, Australia.
How convenient, this plot trail reads
for us with first-world, fears
acting ignorant of reality’s statistics,
while busily dividing ourselves
into ever-more fractured, fractions
meanwhile, the rest of our impoverished world
has suffered significantly less, fatalities
surviving, on barely 25%
of the available: vaccines…?
Ten times the population
sacrificed, to survive
on one fourth
of the vaccines manufactured
yet death tolls, are highest
in the west, where vaccines are a must
please, forgive my ignorance
and kindly help me, make sense
of such contradictory, figures and facts?
Budget’s, what are they?
500k flights, as mere job perks
and hedonistic staff parties with no boundaries
and while the law abiding, are made to huddle
in hand count group sizes, who knew
MP’s got immunity from viruses
as well as society’s laws and protocols…!
© L. B. Mek
December 2021
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I second each line of this outing of needed exposure L.B. - - - wrecked and sinking are believable politics and where will it all end I wonder.
great comment, thank you!
I'm not sure
probably, that same deflating idealist French revolution - frenzy
behead a few famous names
masquerade a fleeting mirage of mindless, meritless equality
and then, watch our dreams flitter - away
and the next set of crooks, take the reigns
and gradually start, turning-up that tax and hypocrisy
dial,
to begin a new turn of that cyclical - cycle, yet again..
(it will only end, when we start holding our MP's
as accountable
as we do, that tele sales rep or dentist's receptionist clerk
and realise, they - WORK
PAID, by our hard earned taxes!)
sorry for going into another tirade, dear Fay
like most people
'regressive-politics' is a trigger topic for me
Can’t deny the true words…the covid was worst hitting every soul and bread…the economies hurt…the population on tenterhooks…what are seasons, what are festivals…those questions well posed…and the politicians dining somewhere just keep talking about what next…while the next minute a new variant enters the world
yeah, just endless hypocrisy...
good to just have a good long rant
and find a release for the build-up
of our frustrations and anger
then move on
doing what we can and hoping for the best..
thanks for the impassioned comment, dear poet
Dear Mek !! You really poured out your inner exasperation regarding the Pandemic. So strange that a micro Virus seems to create havoc in the whole world. Looking for brighter days when this would End and we get back our Lively days.. Nice bold write !! Thanks !!!
lol, so true
I did just dump my exasperation into a scribble
sorry, I'll try and post something more poetic
in my Friday share..
I appreciate you still being kind enough
to comment and support, dear poet
Good write, L.B.
Maybe they are just stronger.
Strokes, Cancer, Heartatcks, Suicides, Eating disorders, are fewer as well. Seems like what makes them sick kills us. The homeless population in the US has a lower rate as well.
that last line, blew my mind when I found out
thought they would be devastated
since especially in the USA, the homeless
basically make their own street side
small, inner city communities and camps..
makes it all sound so fantastically, strange!
thanks Jerry, some pertinent points you make
Well said. In some poorer countries however, testing is not so widely available because of the cost factor, fewer labs to process the specimens etc. So the numbers infected are not truly represented.
yeah, that's why I stated
'fatalities'
as coroners, still assign cause of death
so that's a greater comparative statistic..
thanks
The last two lines are so very true Mek.
Andy
yeah, I agree
my whole rant/tirade
can be shortened to just those two lines, Andy
if it needs to be said, then say it like you mean it, I say ....
I just hope your middle name aint Nostradamus ... but wotever the case, I'm in your corner ...... Neville
lol, no it ain't Hyung
forget prophecy, I have a hard job
just deciphering what's before me
in my everyday, reality... lol
(and
'but wotever the case, I'm in your corner'
is one of the most comforting lines
I have ever, had the privilege to read
thank you!)
I must admit, I found it a bit strange with the Omicron variant. The South Africans were wondering why we were all running around like headless chickens, and you're spot on, we've more vaccines than we know what to do with, and the most deaths.
'The South Africans were wondering
why 'We': were all
running around like headless chickens' lol
yeah,
that just captured the sentiments
that inspired these write, my friend
great comment!
Thank you for writing this. I wonder if others in the future will see your heartfelt words and the words of so many others on this site? I wonder if they will take heed, for IT truly has affected us all...
I'm so sorry for my belated reply
I just noticed your comment, thank you!
and who knows about that uncertain future
and what it promises
I'm just humbled my words resonate
with the few who see them now..
an indicator that wiser mind's still prevail
somehow
L,B. Thanks for the relevant poem. I like your verve, it has a 60's "Point The Mirror At Yourselves"quality,
Reminiscent of Ginsberg and Dylan.
Thanks also for your warm comments. Best, TS James
what high praise, Ginsberg and Dylan lol
that kind of unattainable genius
is humbling, as comparison
but your generous words, are cherished
all the same..
thank you! glad you enjoyed the read
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