To inspire and distract us from COVID gloom
The Paralympics are here not a moment too soon
Their triumphs of all kind
Sheer power of the mind
A sobering antidote to our lockdown doom
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New South Wales has become a State of despair
The State that boasted the gold standard last year
Should have closed Bondi faster
To avert this disaster
From Sydney to Auckland, it has spread everywhere
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This week a shrill cry of Code Red for humanity
From the international climate academy
Alarm bells were deafening
Our moment of reckoning
We’re facing a slow burn climate calamity
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What a rollercoaster week of see-sawing moods
Our Olympic spirit got a little battered and bruised
From happy and glorious
To lockdown nauseous
Not the way we had hoped this week would conclude
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