Stocking Up!

Forget all thought of Christmas travel!

For Tier-4 Brits, their plans unravel

Most at home obliged to stay;

Dame Virus takes no holiday!

 

It’s tough; we grumble, face huge fines

In more ways than one – bleak times …

Mutating COVID won’t relent

So, Channel crossings blocked in Kent!

 

Belgium, Denmark, France and Spain

All repeat a grim refrain:

“You’re not welcome!”; we’re aghast

This blanket ban extends so fast…

 

As for BREXIT babble, it annoys;

Taxes on incoming toys?

We’re living in a real-life soap;

With daily dramas, how to cope?

 

A casual glance at TV news:

Both sides of the Channel – queues!

In brief, a bureaucratic maze:

So, will stocks last these Christmas days?

(c) Poet in the woods 2020