Thailand’s going through the mill
Since February
horses there have been
Infected by
some midges which caused
A really frightening virus
Where seventy per cent infected
Sadly die.
It started in Pak Chong
Not far from BANGKOK
A race horse got it
And it all began
Horses are being sealed indoors
With netting
It’s caused by flying midges
That’s the betting
Africa’s Horse Sickness
Thought to be from importing
Zebras
Why they do this only god knows they
Sod about with zoos circus and other crazy things
And bring the wrath down on them all today
It affects the donkeys mules and horses
And what with corvid lock down
This could be
Disastrous for the racing
Which I couldn’t care less about
But the betting gambling bunch
Do not agree.
Rex Tyler is a Poet, Campaigner, former owner of an organic shop of 30 years, and Public Speaker living in Berkhamsted, UK.