I’m on essential business: buying food
I know the rules should not be too elastic
But let me tell you, it will not be good
If, in my house, we run out of Tangfastics…
This lockdown, when announced, sounded quite drastic
But in reality, it’s kind of… Nice?
Compliance is reluctant, and sarcastic
We keep our distance, grin and roll our eyes.
We make light of it. Trying to diguise
The mounting panic. We are glib, urbane.
We know it’s bad. We know that it’s unwise
To panic. Irony might keep us sane.
I buy Tangfastics. Rice and lentils too.
And quietly wonder what the fuck we’ll do.
Tom Juniper Poetry 