1976: US and Russia at odds, soviet troops in Angola. USSR and China not getting along, nor were USA and China. A Military Junta takes over in Argentina, leading to deaths of tens of thousands. The war in Lebanon gets worse. Genocide starts in Cambodia.

Legionella in Philadelphia. Ebola in the Congo. In India, Malaria cases jump from 100,000 to 6.5 Million.

Ongoing droughts in Sub-Saharan East Africa lead to food shortages - an ongoing problem. An earthquake in China kills a quarter of a million people. Yet another devastating flood hits Bangladesh.

The world was a dangerous place. Possibly no worse than it always is, but clearly these things led to Four Horsemen. Do we see such tragedies as the approaching "End of Days"?

The end of line rhyme scheme goes A-A-B-B-C-C-D-E-D-E. There is also an irregularly placed middle of the line rhyme scheme that goes A-A-B-B-C-C-D-D. On reviewing it, I changed a few words here and there. Also the last line go expanded, with a rhyming doublet.