25 JUNE A WORLD ON THE MOVE

WASHINGTON AWASH WITH THE WIND FROM MILITARY HELICOPTERS  

FLOWN AS LOW AS THEY CAN GO   

TO PUT THE WIND UP PROTESTORS BELOW   

BREEZE SHOT FROM ROTOR BLADES EQUALS A TROPICAL STORM    

THAT’S NOT WHAT’S MEANT BY EQUALITY  

NURSE FROM NAPLES  THOUGHT SHE WAS A ‘WEAK PERSON’  COURAGE KEPT CAGED  HARDLY KNEW IT WAS THERE   TILL THE COVID CRISIS BROUGHT IT TO THE FORE  

AS LOCKDOWN LIFTS  WILL HER SPIRIT DRIFT BACK INSIDE?  LOCKED UP AGAIN LIKE THE WOMEN  HOME FROM FACTORY WORK   FOLLOWING THE SECOND WORLD WAR   

ACROSS THE GLOBE 80 MILLION PEOPLE WOULD RATHER BE GROUNDED  

THE NUMBER OF REFUGEES WORLDWIDE HAS DOUBLED IN A DECADE  

NOW WASH YOUR HANDS WHILE SINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY?  

MANY WAIT A WHOLE WEEK TO WASH THEIR CHILDREN     

WISHING THAT THE WORLD ON THE MOVE WAS RE-SET TO IMPROVE   

YOURS TRULY   

THE NEWS POET