THE VIRUS

Use one problem to solve another, they said,
MI6 had a plan to use the virus against Iran, 
my wife was held by the Red Guards for spying,
therefore a motive for revenge without trying.

There was a risk - my wife might be infected too,
but better than doing nothing, options were few;
Iran's nuclear capability was very near now,
they'd give me the virus for Tehran somehow.

'So you want to infect Iran before they use the bomb?'
'Yes, you'll be an arms dealer - they'd like you along,
you'll meet high level people, little will they know,
that death awaits them with a stronger strain, so .......'

'You and your wife may die for your country, my friend,
to save the world, humanity, from a terrible end.

NB. There are unanswered questions -
       the virus will eventually die out -
       the threat from Iran may not.

 
 
NB. In the light of the
current health problems,
the author apologizes for any distress that this poem may cause.