Find us a cure

You, the supreme

Of all sentient beings,
The cream of the cream?

You have learned to fight

In the dullest days, darkest nights.
Guns, weapons engaged to kill
Your own species with matchless skill.

Your outer-space intelligence,
Your wealthy arrogance,
Why are they useless
Now, to protect us
Against an invisible virus?

You will take months to prepare
A vaccination! Why can't you expedite
For your expeditions, you take lesser time
You supreme erudite! For within this tenure
The deadly creature will tonsure
The defenseless battlefield,
Where is your smartness now?
If you can, show us how
You can help at this hour of need.

All this while you have wasted our money
In outer space, invested in other
Things, as expensive as white elephants
But you cannot take care of our safety
Against a creature much smaller than ants?

Inside the oceans, you store
Countless weapons of disaster
Yet, at times of crisis such as this
There’s not enough equipment
No adequate infrastructure.

Look at the rejoicing nature
Dancing in fresh air
It has got some respite from us
Thanks to the deadly virus.
You are greedy, made small
Although you sound like big brothers.

Take this as a lesson please,
Do not fight with human beings;
Learn to fight real enemies
That spread pandemics such as these,
Do not waste public money anymore
Save us from dying, find us a cure.