DISINFECTING THE US – CORONA VIRUS BLUES by Carrie Pemberton Ford

I hear that bleach ingested
Or 90 per cent alcohol
Consumed,
with Ultra Violet rays
and xrays
injected?
Can cleanse our systems
From the degradation
And gross malaise
Which has descended
Upon us.

Chloroquine and maybe
Intense heat?
Just give it a go
Despite the head shaking
Of advisors,
all in a row,
Observing their boots
checking their newsfeed
and wishing to go
to the rest room.
Anywhere but here
in the glare of such
public humiliation.

‘I’m neither scientist, nor doctor
But I have a good you know what!?
He shakes his head,
Pouts his lips
Fingers his tie
Puffs out
‘all’s under control’
Fake news and fake cures
The White House
Squat
Of Locked down sanity
Weasel lunacy
And greed.

Thousands infected
Thousands on death row
Without ventilation
Or hospital bed
Obama’s care neglected
His nemesis elected
On a WASPish cry
Of despair.
‘Just give it a go
Look into it
Sounds worth a try’
He tweets, and is gone.

How many will die
On the back of this lie?
The fallen fruit
gathered in body bags
in hospital and homes
In the US, Rome, 

Nigeria and Qom
The calculus
Of Corona

and a Chief
With his abacus
Completely Undone.

Hand me a cloth
That we could wipe
Out the stain
On our blighted
Reputation
And regain
Sanity and
Safety for all
In this land;
Where sense
Has been dug
By many spades
A shallow grave
In this hand
Of one arse nic laden
Trump.