May 19
short memory
(must have a …)
this time last year
doors barred and bolted
faces masked
expressions halted
silent highways
empty skyways
no questions asked
we did what we were bidden
we washed our hands
of status quo
of job responsibility
and then washed them again
cut off from
friends and family
in brutal lockdown
in claustrophobic curfew
we hoped
(not prayed, that would be pointless)
for safe delivery
from pain
and death
and suffering
and bone-rattling
brain-melting
fear
and now…
this year
a vital key appears
a tiny prick
a loaded arrow
pointing to a road
a pathway
back to how it used to be
maybe
and yet…
only TWO THIRDS OF US
want to be free
?!
well, bugger me
how stupid selfish ignorant
can some people
be
short memory
(must have a…)
See also poems read out loud at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9uLwxslE_VQ-fu-Dw6gdIA/playlists
My book of poems, A Day At A Time In Rhyme (Littlefox Press) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com.au/Day-At-Time-Rhyme/dp/0648083861/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=A+Day+At+A+Time+In+Rhyme+Jane+Clifton&qid=1572053238&sr=8-1
or on the SHOP page of this very website.
Last year’s collection Fewer Curs available on demand