Despite the fuss on the national news
Last week’s earthquake brought hardly a bruise
Barely enough to make walls shake
But ‘quakes elsewhere, leave deaths in their wake
Classed as ‘light’; Richter 4.4
Even more slight than in ’84
When we swept up the kids and ran outside
If the earth moves, there’s nowhere to hide
Now, it seems, we’ve another ‘grave’ threat
The ‘beast from the east’, a new cause to fret
A Siberian blast, bringing snow and ice
At -5C, the Beeb says it won’t be nice
But some can recall the freeze of ’82
When staying outdoors wasn’t good for you
At -26C, that really was cold
It killed by degrees, especially the old.
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