1.
Flag waving
Fist pumps
Green washing
Mining magnates*
Time to call a halt to the whole thing?

2.
Hair gelatining
Nose plugs
Perfect timing
“Dry knees”
Four long years until we see it again?

* https://www.nine.com.au/sport/olympics/paris-2024-gina-rinehart-why-is-australia-richest-person-at-olympic-games-20240802-p5jzfv.html

(Written in celebration of National Poetry Day, Friday 23 August 2024.)