It is the fourth month we've been in lockdown
Slowly the rules for breath and distance are eased
I sit in cafe by myself alone
A friend joins me as manager condones
Before I would be standing on a cross
Queuing up to get my drink in carton
Only to sit outside with coffee in hand
While thinking to myself what a strange land
For it's worked the virus is in control
But the state's border I still cannot cross
Unless I quarantine for fourteen days
That's OK seeing Covid's nasty ways
They have started playing sport again too
Few fans permitted so stadium looks bare
But my team won last night so I am pleased
It's good to see regulations now eased
So what's the bad you probably ask me
It seems that for weeks so little I've done
Not been to movies, family barely seen
I've got older but nowhere have I been
I've eaten a lot and put on some weight
Feel so much nearer that pearly gate
Winter's now here (though it's Summer for you)
Let's all be careful in future, Toodle-oo!
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It's winter for me too but a good one. You expressed all the ins and outs of lock down well. Yes we went through a strange time being removed from family and friends. We have our freedom back and we are so relieved. No active cases. Except travelling abroad will take a while to go and Australia will likely be the first one to which our borders will open.
ReplyDeleteIt’s strange to think that It’s the fourth month in lockdown. No cafes open here, but I’m staying at home for the foreseeable. It is also weird that we’ve got older but no wiser, having been nowhere and done nothing much to stimulate us.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was surviving lockdown very well, and I still think I have done compared with many – but yesterday I went out to lunch at friends' home. There were 5 of us, hosts and guests; no hugs and not getting too close – but wow, it was good to be with people physically instead of in video chat! Quite a revelation really.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's taking its toll, but when its gone, we'll still be here.
ReplyDeleteThings are easing here while the news remains full of caution and threat. It would be good to have a little 'normal' in terms of being around others.
ReplyDeleteThe situation described by the poet is well known to millions around the world these days. And, honestly, no end is in sight.
ReplyDeleteYes, this is the fourth month in lockdown and the situation is far from better. Let us pray and hold on.
ReplyDeleteFor a depressing topic, your poem is uplifting. We here in Oregon have been following protocol for the most part, but have seen a recent increase in cases. So back to the drawing board/restrictions. Stay healthy.
ReplyDeleteI wonder when we will be free to roam without worry of covid? I have been blessed to be safe, fed, and well.
ReplyDeleteThe quarantine rules have been relaxing around New York City. Some are very happy about this and their loud group celebrations say just how much. Others are... cautious (and slight terrified). Everything feels as surreal as the tone of your poem--as if it's completely alien, but at the same time we know exactly what it feels like (since we are doing it too).
ReplyDeleteYou're lucky that the cafés are open. We can get carry-out here but are not yet allowed to relax inside. I wish we could...
ReplyDeleteThis is really well done … and important, Robin. I think that writers around the world should make an effort to chronicle what it is - especially for we seniors - to go through these Days-of-COVID (in many cases) alone. This is not like other crisis that are caught on film and reported on. This is (often) borne in solitude. When it finally passes, history should record that it - too - took a terrible toll.
ReplyDeletenice piece with some elements that i can relate to. your stories are entertaining O.G. i like to read them.
ReplyDeleteGlad Australia is doing ok. Quite terrible here.
ReplyDeleteThink we are far away yet from a day when we can go to a cafe. Here it is getting worse and might take a while to get under control.
ReplyDeleteI'd kill for an open café at the moment. Glad that it's all coming together, down under :)
ReplyDeleteI went to my first event (outside) since March and got a haircut that I needed since February!
ReplyDeleteI feel like a stranger in this strange land (if I may hijack Heinlein for a moment) but it's not time yet to say, "Toodle-oo." Too much work to do!
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