Mark Govier
Adelaide, South Australia

Apart from poems, a children's book 'Rolo Gabardine & his 3rd Eye' published 2019, a SF book 'The Trials of Nian Gao' published in Hong Kong 2014, plus articles for Green Left Weekly

Date poem written: 17th June 2020

YOU STUPID VIRUS!

You stupid Virus!

Who gave you the right to ruin my year?

That’s right, no one!

I had my holiday booked – gone!

I had my job – gone!

Now, I can’t even afford a smoke!

If you had a throat to throttle - you’d be dead

You stupid, stupid virus!