I’m following the government advice
I’m staying home. I’m doing what they said.
And while confinement isn’t very nice
I’d rather fewer people end up dead.
That sounds so pious. Let me stay instead
That staying in and doing bugger all
Is heavenly. I like staying in bed!
I dread the day when I will get the call
To go back into work. I will appall
My colleagues with the way that I’ve regressed:
And while I want infection rates to fall
The thought of lockdown ending leaves me stressed
Because my social skills have gone to shit.
(Also, all of my clothes no longer fit.)
Tom Juniper Poetry 