Sunday, 26 December 2021

Hey! We're Only Guests!

This Boxing Day dawns quiet and cold

Sales! So much still unsold

Conspicuous consumption rolled

Before our eyes;

Christmas stalls in disarray

Culture dies a death today*

Our social plans now swept away

As the year dies …

 

But a pale moon in the frosty sky

Illuminates us on the sly

A sure sign that hope lingers by

And bides its time;

Should CORONA be seen as a test,

Because our world is in a mess?

We need reminding we’re just guests …

Hence this short rhyme!


(c) Poet in the woods 2021


* In Belgium



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