Sunday, 10 July 2022

R.I.P. Shinzo Abe (1954-2022)

A far-off country suffers woes:

Politics treads on our toes;

The four isles of the Rising Sun

Are shocked and stunned by one lone gun!

 

Here firearms play a minor role

As Japan enforces gun control

But Shinzo Abe on campaign

Is, sadly unprotected, slain!

 

Friday* - focus of world news!

Perplexity - fierce fight for clues;

Ex-premier - household name at home

Long-term on the world stage known.

 

Much fumbling for an explanation

In this saddened, grieving Nation

Which, conscious of the bell that tolls,

Nonetheless goes to the polls.

 

GDP – more on defence?

The point is moot, the mood intense

Alas, we can’t turn back the clock

Japan-the-Pacific takes stock…


(c) Poet in the woods 2022

 

*8th July, 2022





Shinzo Abe - ex premier of Japan

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