8 JULY BRAZIL BEIRUT AND THE BOY CHANCELLOR

HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE

IS COMING UP TRUMPS FOR MINE   

SAYS THE ASININE PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL  SICKENING STILL  HE AND THE COUNTRY ALIKE    WHERE FATALITIES CONTINUE TO SPIKE     

CAMPED OUTSIDE THE ETHIOPIAN EMBASSY IN BEIRUT 

SERVANTS SEEN AS A HEALTH RISK 

LET GO BY HOUSE-HOLDS THEY CAME HERE TO WORK FOR   

DROPPED BY THE AGENCY THAT AIRLIFTED THEM IN   

THE SMART SUITCASES THEY’RE SITTING ON  

ARE THEY CASUAL CAST-OFFS FROM THE LADY OF THE HOUSE?  

OR A HARD-WON TROPHY OF SOCIAL MOBILITY?

PERSONAL AGILITY NO MORE  

WESTMINSTER’S BOY CHANCELLOR

GIVES US VOUCHERS TO SPEND AT THE TUCK SHOP  

HIS SHIRT SO RICHLY WHITE  IT LOOKS LIKE FONDANT ICING   

ON A CAKE THAT ISN’T THERE    

THEN HE SPEAKS  OF THE NOBILITY OF WORK  AND FINALLY THERE’S A PRESENCE IN WHAT HE SAYS                                   

WHAT TO WISH FOR WHEN WISH LISTS HAVE NEVER SEEMED SO FEEBLE   
YOURS TRULY 
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