Like “Old Mother Hubbard”, my cupboard is bare
I trawl through the news for something to share:
New victim of COVID at age 94
Valéry Giscard d’Estaing is no more…
The lock-down drags on, making people annoyed
Retailers moan, livelihoods are destroyed
The buzz in the High Street reduced to a hum
Despite Christmas opening, not too many come.
Pairs of policemen on bikes cycle past
Eager to catch those not wearing a mask
The mood is morose, friends still kept apart
But “bubbles” break open again after dark…
End-of-year parties, though strictly forbidden
Flourish regardless in places well hidden
But one bit of naughtiness has made the news:
A raid has unearthed a Brussels “partouze!”*.
(c) Poet in the woods 2020
* wild party or orgy!
Valéry Giscard D'Estaing: 2nd Feb, 1926 - 2nd Dec, 2020
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