The Pandemic
It rose out of Mexico
this pandemic.
A local issue
reaching out.
Pig, bird or human?
None are safe!
The media have it now
this pandemic.
They call it
swine flu,
emergency processes
invoked
Australia
has the swine line.
Do you think
you would ever ring that?
The media have it now
this pandemic.
A few people
have died,
and yet
a lot more have not
Let us focus people,
sift through the facts,
and let nature
take her course
as she always has
The media have it now
this pandemic.
It’s bigger than Texas.
It appears
the financial crisis
is no longer rating
Financial markets drop.
Why?
Does someone have the flu
that should not
or are pork bellies the key?
The media have it now
this pandemic,
concerned
the world
has not been panicked
for days
What would we see on the news?
What would we hear?
If it had not been
for sick pigs
The media have it now
this pandemic,
turning it into
the biggest bug
since Y2K
It cannot be good
this lost art
of high-quality reporting.
It sees a reach
for sensationalism
The media have it now
this Pandemic,
only I wish
the media
did have it now,
this pandemic
© Bernard J Rossi
Dear Internets
12 years ago