Anne Koh's self-portraits depict
A story about a pandemic
The virus causes much panic
Millions suffer, it wasn't just economic
The loss of lives, the most tragic.
Wear your mask, be proper
Wash your hands, the new order
Social distance, protect the elder
No hand-shakes, no kisses, don't wander
It's the MCO, Movement Control Order
They have a name for it, COVID-19
SARS-CoV-2, the virus found in 2019
They say it's from China, have you not seen?
From a Wuhan lab, a bat or a pangolin
Quarantine, quarantine, where have you been?
Some call it the Wuhan virus, the Kung-flu virus
They use politics to divide China and us
Pay up China, it's your Coronavirus
Where is your abacus, it's not contentious
Their claims are atrocious, devious and outrageous
I do wonder what the future will hold
There is much unknown but let's be bold
Look after each other, are we callous and cold?
Follow the science and together let's grow old
Will we want our Covid stories retold?
Covid apps, lockdowns and contact-tracing
No more footy, concerts and social dancing
Forget hugging, friendly greetings and embracing
Refrain from public coughing, sneezing and rejoicing
Many are convalescing or desperately refinancing
Yet, heroes of civil rights are out there protesting Their bloodletting and complaints most excruciating Pity those whose landlords are evicting Shopping mall owners aren't accommodating Will a vaccine soon end the pandemic’s sting?
It is no big task to wear a maskA smile beckons. She is safe, she reckons
I have viewed earthlings as urghhlings ever since the early 1970's when I read about people eating the raw brains of screaming monkeys. Two decades later when served live oysters in Adelaide, instead of being repulsed by eating a living thing while it was still alive, I discovered to my horror that I actually relished these living bivalves. The realisation that I am also an urghhling has muted my abhorrence of such despicable cruelty to living things.
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What’s there that’s not been told
Of a toxic virus, small yet bold
Of countless lives left dead and cold
Of devastated communities that no longer can hold
Of hollow investments that are good only in gold
Of worthless stocks that can’t be sold
Of strained businesses that eventually fold
Yet in the face of adversity
There is still a sense of victory
For the masks that are worn will not hide
The steely determination of the human kind
Yes, be straight
Anne Koh’s self portrait does have this trait
Urghhlings 
What’s there that’s not been told
Of a toxic virus, small yet bold
Of countless lives left dead and cold
Of devastated communities that no longer can hold
Of hollow investments that are good only in gold
Of worthless stocks that can’t be sold
Of strained businesses that eventually fold
Yet in the face of adversity
There is still a sense of victory
For the masks that are worn will not hide
The steely determination of the human kind
Yes, be straight
Anne Koh’s self portrait does have this trait
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