Induce this somewhat eerie phase
Life seems to flow at gentler pace
But acrid smoke is commonplace…
Scott Morrison, the P.M., caught
On all sides by his critics, fraught;
What could the Government have done
When the Sun is Enemy Number One?
The firemen’s workload is intense
The Army’s called up and Defence
Beleaguered, trapped in walls of flame
A brief respite, then flare-ups gain
The upper hand, as burning sun
Burns more eucalypt and gum…
Australia has a blackened frieze;
Unprecedented times are these!
(c) Poet in the woods 2020
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