The US of A shakes the world with Yellen, Clinton and Trump.
Yellen's Fed rate hike or President Hillary or Donald will make us grump.
The "British are going, the British are going", the world can hear Eurozone yell.
Will they lose many more members now, post-Brexit no one can really tell.
Terror and refugees are Europe's immediate fears.
The world is watching how this crisis France and Germany steers.
No "charge of the light brigade" in this new Crimean war.
It's Russia versus Ukraine in a brotherhood gone sour.
Moving on to Turkey, it's not having fun.
Terror attacks, coup, Syria and Kurds have it living by the gun.
In a grip of radicals, much of Levant is drenched in blood.
Of senseless killing and bombs, there is a flood.
For the rest of the Middle East has been in a boil
from the heat wave, and not just prices of oil.
Pakistan and India engaged in a perennial spar,
Be it Balochistan or Kashmir, a solution to crisis, seems too far.
Sensitive India is full of insensitive debates.
Be it meat, Olympics, cows, Dalits, or GST rebates.
The might of China flexes itself on islands in the South China sea.
It's not a matter it wants to discuss on a cup of tea.
The dragon seems to be sinking deeper in economic blues.
The rest of Asia may follow in ones and twos.
While North Korea keeps sending missiles up.
Japan's stock market seems to be cracking up.
Venezuela is staring squarely at doomsday
Brazil post-Olympics may not be far away.
The dark continent once looked like a bright spot.
El Nino changed it, and in a drought its caught.
ANZ, have not too much to worry about.
Even though their economies show some doubt.
The entire world looks like it's turned to hell
No place safe for one to dwell.
Of course,
The 1% super rich guys can afford to guffaw
While 99% live in a world of SNAFU*
*Situation Normal All F@&ked Up.
