I read it somewhere, perhaps
It was a local heritage society page
that people should be writing down their thoughts
about life whilst this bloody virus
swirls callously around the globe.
I told my children
that one day their children’s children
will ask the question,
‘what did you do in the pandemic grandpa’?
Well, I suppose it’s the nearest
their generation’s will get to see a war after all.
Tragically, all they’ll be able to say is
that we cowered at home to stay safe
whilst somewhere else, the Media
made a hero out of a real nonagenarian hero
who walked around his garden
a hundred times without a care, for money!
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© Graham Sherwood 04/2020
grahamrichardsherwood.co.uk 
Never mind writing it down Graham – you couldn’t make it up! Extraordinary times they will say, but they may experience more subtle changes than would have otherwise come about, perhaps in their attitudes. Don’t let’s bring back the 80s for example, and make Thatcher a substitute for Guy Fawkes. Unless of course bonfires are banned. Tom’s ingredients place him in a unique position to impress a trembling populace.
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