It was a cross

It was a cross,

A red, red double cross

That spread the virus brigades.

It was the price,

Too great a sacrifice

To test the blood with AIDS.

Prevention versus cost?

Patiently, cost won.

Death by memorandum,

Incredibly dumb.

The real cost?

A dark red holocaust

Transfused in bloody trades,

Because a cross

Became a double cross,

And used the blood with AIDS.

Prevention versus cost?

Death by memorandum!