Gaunt Great Grays

It seems that almost a month doesn’t go by that the media will invent a new

Victorian-era diseases,Two hundred fifty thousandHungry children,Forty per cent familiesFood insecure,Bloated Commonwealth Banks!

VulnerableEndangeredCritically endanger’d,Marvellous masterpiecesMother’s unnegotiables,Sharks, rays! Ocean fish keepers:Long lifersSlow low reproducersPopulation regulatorsFitness instructorsDisease strong-armers,Untouchable medicos!

‘O mighty mushrooms,Wind-makers!Forest colonisers,Temperature regulators,Marvellous Ones! Airborne spore tonsCloud seeders,Righteous rain-makersWater table lifters,Rainforest rejoicers!