RIP -  QUEEN ELIZABETH II

As an avid stamp collector in my childhood days, these were my favourite stamps, mainly because of the beautiful portraits of Queen Elizabeth II in them. I admired them because she appeared so dignified, classy and frankly, so stately that she befits the best of what royalty represents. Unlike the celebrities and noisy politicians of today, her quiet, unassuming and mellow demeanour represents the temper of gentler and kinder times. Little did I realise that she also represented the exploitative nature of British colonialism. Such overbearing dominance of the British Empire has resulted in efforts by former colonies to bury the history of their colonial past.

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    kraine         eace

The bombs are here!

Please wake up,

Put up,

Buck up

And hurry up.

The end may be near.

Better shape up,

Match up,

Turn up

And stand up.

Don’t shed a tear.

Simply look up,

Chin up,

Cheer up

And pump up.

Got to banish your fear

To rise up,

Wise up.

Just don’t mess up

And never give up!

 RISK VS COST

The end of the pandemic is near.

It has become crystal clear -

We should not fear the risk of failure,

But that the cost of failure may be dear.

Trying every which way is now a must.

We should fail often and fail fast!

We’ll quickly learn to transcend the past

And complete the whole of our task!

 

F(OX)

Battered by waves of hard knocks,

The bull has turned into an ox.

But we can’t afford to live in a box.

We should remain the agile fox.

 2022   🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Twenty twenty-two,   🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

What are we going to do   🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

To stop this funny flu?      🔴 🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Nobody seems to have a clue.     🔴🔴🔴🔴

Is Omicron Delta’s Waterloo?    🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

An unlocking miracle out of the blue,    🔴🔴

A pandemic dream come true,       🔴🔴🔴🔴

The inevitable drop of the other shoe?  🔴🔴

Some say that’s bound to ensue.  🔴🔴🔴🔴

But, others just say “boo”,      🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Unimpressed by such hullabaloo.     🔴🔴🔴

So, who should we listen to?     🔴🔴🔴🔴🔴

Like you, I can’t help wondering too:     🔴🔴

Who, in a court of law, can we sue?      🔴🔴

For we are no closer to pulling through     🔴

Despite the troubles we have gotten into! 🔴