NEVER MIND THE HYPER BOWL

yo!.. this sporting life... innit!

we're missing our sports..

here in palookaville..

the virus has postponed..

a normal sporting life..

all we have left are..

THE VIRUS GAMES

the season won't end until..

THE HYPER BOWL

you know..

when the bull shit gets so loud..

and so thick..

that even poor teams can win..

NOT FIT TO PLAY

the trouble with these games..

THE CURRENT WORLD SERIES

is that there is no..

level playing field..

for some it is an unequal..

virus load..

some o the virus strain..

is nastier than others..

who gets what is just..

the luck of the draw..

then again..

some o the teams ain't fit..

some of the coaches are crap..

team leaders fail to get the playbook right..

some fail to understand the rules..

but mostly..

the players are past their prime..

or the wrong color..

or too fat..

or just plain knackered..

how can you win these games?

if you start off on the wrong foot..

MONEY ON THE SIDELINES

all bets are off..

the spectators..

are in the bar..

or in the pavillion..

having afternoon tea..

the oil that normally..

lubricates the sport..

has gone down the lavatory..

they can't get..

the big palooka..

off the tele..

they just can't shut him up..

the crowd are gettin restless..

they want the ref. ta shut him up..

or send him off..

time penalties apply..

THE SEARCH IS ON

for the persons who started these games..

the crowd are baying for blood..

but they fail to see..

it was the airplanes wot done it..

yes the virus is a..

nasty little fucker..

but he cain't fly..

without help from above..

WHAT ARE THEIR NAMES

and on what streets do they live..

MEANWHILE

the crowd begins to sing..

a range of traditional..

sportin songs..

the hyper bowl..

would not be the national fixture..

that it is..

without the crowd singalong..

sing a song of sixpence..

a catcher in awry..

four an twenty animals..

baked inna pie..

when a pie was opened..

a virus begin ta sing..

oh what a dainty dish..

ta put before a king..

OH DEAR

oh dear what canna matter be?

the price of oil..

has gone down a lavatory..

we've all gone short..

til after next saturday..

THRILLS AND SPILLS

the score board is signaling..

the end of the first quarter..

the yankees are takin a beating..

but remain in good heart..

the problem for the suits..

is what happens..

once the african and indian games get rolling..

the numbers could be off the charts..

then there is the catering..

the contracts for the food concessions..

have failed to sell..

and now it ain't just the players..

but the crowd also..

that gets ta go hungry..

ONE FOR THE RECORD BOOKS

it looks like we..

goin down ta a wire..

an extra time will..

need ta be played..

the arguing, gouging an shirt pullin..

will go on an on..

THE HUNGER GAMES

yo! ... starvation... innit!

every 100 years or so..

here in palookaville..

we have..

THE VIRUS GAMES

all sorts of..

high jinks an capers..

are laid bare by..

a new virus..

wot nobody evva seen before..

it's the novelty..

that gets the games off..

ta a really fast start..

before ya know it..

little fucker be..

all over a word..

THIS TIME IT'S STARVATION

Katniss Everdeen..

 We all have one enemy, and that’s President Snow..

He corrupts everyone and everything..

He turns the best of us against each other..

IT'S WORSE THAN THAT

 

as if the virus wasn't bad enough..

the mutations are even worse..

for every virus infection..

there are 100 extra casualties..

unemployed, unschooled.. in debt,

gone bust, grounded, stuck in port, mothballed..

but by far the worst collateral damage..

is starvation..

THE WIND IS IN FROM AFRICA

The wind is in from Africa
Last night I couldn't sleep..

Oh, you know it sure is hard to leave here dude..
But it's really not my fault..

My fingernails are filthy..

I got nothin ta eat..

I don't have your clean white linen..

nor shoes upon my feat..

Come on down to the closed Cafe..

I will get us a bottle of wine

And we'll laugh and toast to nothing..

and smash our glasses down..

Let's have a round for these hungry children
A round for these friends of mine..

Let's have another round for the virus devil 

that traps us in this tourist town..

‘Starve or get sick’: Africa’s COVID-19 lockdown dilemma

“I give them (the government) one to two weeks before things get worse..

Not in terms of coronavirus, but in terms of hunger,”..

said Kennedy Odede, who runs Shining Hope For Communities (SHOFCO),

a grassroots movement which works in the Nairobi slum Kibera..

and other informal settlements in Kenya.

 

 President Snow..

 Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear..

 A little hope is effective..

A lot of hope is dangerous.

katniss evergreen..

“They'll be granted immunity!" 

I feel myself rising from my chair..

"You will personally pledge this in front of the entire population..

 of District Thirteen and the remainder of Twelve. Soon,Today..

It will be recorded for future generations..

You will hold yourself and your government responsible for their safety..”

President Snow..

 Miss Everdeen, it is the things we love most that destroy us.

 Effie Trinket..

 Happy Virus Games! And may the odds be ever in your favor.