From Bad to Worse?

 How long must guesswork, trial and error

Fill our paltry lives with terror?

Zones change colour – green to red

Statistics muddle up our head.

 

In terms of taking trips abroad

Now that Corona stats have soared

Quarantine or take a test?

Who the Hell knows what is best?

 

In huddles politicians meet:

Curfews, curtailments in the street

Bars and cafés now stay closed

A tsunami of job losses grows.

 

The rainy days reflect our mood

Dampened and depressed, we brood

At present there’s no end in sight

Social bubbles are squeezed tight!

 

New 'add-ons' to our tribulation:

Solitude and hibernation

Pandora’s hope gift scarce survives

Wide cracks open in our lives…

(c) Poet in the woods