27 MARCH PLAYING CHEQUERS

INSTEAD OF YOUR HISTORY OR MINE  IT’S THE PRESENT TIME THAT’S CHEQUERED   

STANDING TWO METRES APART    EACH TO THEIR OWN SEPARATE SQUARE  MOVING DIAGONALLY ACROSS THE BOARD TO MAINTAIN THE REQUIRED  DISTANCE   

WITH THIS MUCH BETWEEN  US  WE’RE ALL IN CHECK RIGHT NOW                             

A NURSE IN MONZA  NORTHERN ITALY  COULDN’T KEEP HER DISTANCE  WHAT SHE’D SEEN ON THE WARDS   STAYED WITH HER PREYED ON HER WHEREVER SHE WENT   

WORSE WHEN SENT INTO ISOLATION    LET ME BE APART FROM IT  NO LONGER A PART OF IT!    

STRUGGLING TO FIND ENOUGH SPACE  SHE CHECKMATED HERSELF INSTEAD    

NOW SHE’LL ALWAYS BE TWO METRES DISTANT 

REQUIESCAT IN PACE  DANIELA TREZZI  AGED 34                                  

WISHING WE COULD BRING HER BACK AND TELL HER NOT TO WORRY   

YOURS TRULY    

THE NEWS POET