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POEM: THE CORONA STORY
It all started in Wuhan,
Where Corona lived … behind a deadly micron,
They say he lived in a bat,
From where he was brought to a lab,
And from where he escaped,
Causing a worldwide … outrage.
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The world couldn’t see … the contagion coming,
Dr Li too, was silenced … when he tried to whistle,
China created a smokescreen in Wuhan,
Where seemingly,
Even … WHO was put in a trance.
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Countries and continents thought it’ll settle,
But Corona was now at a deadly level,
Italy battled … Spain fought,
UK … Germany overcame the hot-spot,
Yet Europe,
Went into a fraught.
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New York trembled … America fumed,
Challenge indeed … was too huge,
Where,
Nothing seemed to work in the land of rules,
Yet US fought … with a determined sinew,
And where China remained in a beguile subterfuge.
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Korea fretted,
Middle East fumbled,
Latin America fought … like a brute,
Russia battled.
India grappled,
Australia brawled,
New Zealand braved,
Africa endured,
While the Chinese virus,
Had a roaring field day.
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The world kneeled,
As Covid rose,
From China’s core,
To mangle the world.
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The fight was now on,
As mankind was stormed,
Civilizations had suffered,
But the world had no buffer.
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While everyone thought of,
Black Death and Spanish Flu,
It was Donald Trump,
Versus the Chinese Flu.
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The scenario was horrific,
With suffering galore,
And a flood of dead bodies,
That made the world look sore.
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And to save humanity,
Scientists had framed new rules,
Where mixing was banned,
And seclusion was in vogue,
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Things had changed,
Protocols had altered,
Social distancing was in place,
Handshakes and hugs had effaced,
And where, namaste was the order of the day.
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Touch and hugs had vanished,
Spice of life had tarnished
Tears were on,
Lockdown was prolonged,
Where migrants had an infinite marathon,
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Citizens had lost,
In the quagmire of pandemic,
Where a cure,
Appeared invisible.
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But hope said,
Hold on,
As life will go on,
For it is not the end of the world.
And songs will return,
But to the tunes of upstairs,
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For once in century,
Through a pandemic,
God reminds,
Human beings of their atrocities,
So don’t feel disheartened,
For good days shall return.
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Written by Kamlesh Tripathi
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