All gatherings
of six or more
shall henceforth be
against the law
with NO exceptions
to these rules
(apart, that is,
from work and schools).
If we don’t act NOW,
the future’s bleak.
This takes effect
some time next week.
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I needed that, I did not know I needed that – but I did. Thankyou
Wonderful – you really are brilliant at nailing the stupidity of modern life…
Thank you, Kaggsy. There’s a lot of it to nail right now.
I must say, I can’t think of any event that has given us so many writing prompts!
this is another good result.
Perhaps the silver lining in the cloud of COVID.
Well that’s just hit the whatsit on the bobbins. Ouch.
Apologies for the pedantry (‘Even Hate should be precise’ – W. H. Auden), but it’s actually gatherings of seven or more that are banned from Monday (as I realised only after I’d forwarded the poem to several friends): six is OK.
Mea culpa. You’re quite right. I wrote it late at night and didn’t think through the logic.
Quite fitting really, in the spirit of Government. Bravo, I say.
Brian
The JCC de nos jours. Thank you. Here’s one of mine in return…
So, Sean Bean
You have been seen
In Game of Thrones.
As time goes by
And Sean is seen in scene after scene,
Will he become
A has been?
Ha! I like that. Thanks for sharing it with me.