Weary Struggle Distress

seeking urgent assistance
unable to move and needs help
'Get your knee off our necks'

someone uses water to darken and define
attempting to cross the expanse
provide enough time at home

commemorate the historic
at least one dead person
expressed their frustration

-- Rupert M Loydell

'Weary' teachers frustrated by late guidance
'Get your knee off our necks': Struggle for justice continues
Banksy-funded migrant rescue vessel in distress at sea

Trigger Testing Moment

grappling with something that is unprecedented
difficult and uncertain time
could trigger so not pretend quarters of decline

with a similar aim in mind
beating every other country to the milestone
drug still in testing phase sceptical dangerous decision

knows what it’s like to be under scrutiny
since the moment the presumptive nominee announced
a very aggressive and determined interrogator

-- Clark Allison

Recession is unprecedented, says Chancellor Rishi Sunak
West’s response to Russian vaccine owes as much to geopolitics as science
Kamala Harris VP pick: How she could help - or hurt - Joe Biden