Green vaccines and spam

(pace Dr Seuss)

Not eggs and ham

Can you see it
in the rain?
Can you see it
from a train?
Can you read it
on your own?
Can you hear it
on your “smart” phone?
Can you listen
to what I say?
Would you trust it
any way?

No, you would not
in the rain.
No, you would not
in the train.
No, you would not
on your own.
No, you would not
on your “smart” phone.
You would not listen
to what I say.
A child’s heart can
attack on any day.

Dr T.P. Wilkinson writes, teaches History and English, directs theatre and coaches cricket between the cradles of Heine and Saramago. He is also the author of Church Clothes, Land, Mission and the End of Apartheid in South Africa. Read other articles by T.P..