24 MARCH LOCKDOWN DAWNING

ON THIS FIRST MORNING AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT THE ROADS ARE DEPLETED BUT NOWHERE NEAR DESERTED    NOT IN THIS NORTH LONDON SUBURB  AT LEAST   

OUT WALKING  IS THERE  TO BE NO RELIEF?   

EVERY TRANSACTION INVADED    EVEN THOSE PAVEMENT GLANCES   THAT NORMALLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE OTHER WITHOUT EITHER HAVING TO BLINK  

THE MICRO-LOOK THAT SAYS   YOU PASS THAT SIDE AND I’LL GO THIS      

ELBOWED OUT BY THE TWO METRE RULE AND THE NEED TO BE SEEN OBSERVING IT  

ISN’T THIS HOW THE VIRUS OPERATES ON THE SERIOUSLY ILL? 

SICKENING THE SLIGHTEST ACTIVITY  OF THE SORT WE OUGHT NOT TO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT   

THICKENING LUNGS WITH UNBREATHABLE SMOG TILL MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE ARRIVES LIKE TODAY’S  LOCKDOWN       

ONLY FAR MORE EFFECTIVE               

WISHING THAT SPIRITS WILL RISE NONETHELESS          

YOURS TRULY              

THE NEWS POET