Swine Flu
Swine flu is not a national crisis;
It is not an emergency;
Nor a catastrophe.
Unnamed flus kill a thousand people a week.
Like shark attacks,
Even these words won’t matter,
In a few short months.
I remember my mother,
Doing a credible voice when she cried out,
“Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!”
Teaching me about
Exaggeration and
False panics.
The real crisis is that
I no longer believe my mother:
People still tune in
Every day
All day
For reports
From the little shepherd boy.
What will he say next?