Midweek Review
Pubudu’s Photo-op
By Lynn Ockersz
Of this surprising turn of events,
The boy ambling back from school,
Hunger gnawing at his entrails,
Doesn’t know what to make;
For, he’s been told to return home,
And remain there since his school,
Has filled with desperate folk,
By rising floods made homeless,
And the meagre food packs,
Given by his teachers of kind heart,
Could now no longer be had,
Since they too are cash-strapped,
But visiting Sires with political heft,
Have ordered him to be at a place,
Spruced and ready for a VIP visit,
Where he should show a sprightly self,
And be chatty with the foremost of them,
Since this photo-op will be of rare bril
liance,
Showcasing a land on an onward march.