Strange Times

When will our leaders realise

They can, no longer feed us lies

The spin, the half-truth won’t inspire us

If it ignores the Covid virus

They have developed a reliance

On simply saying “we’re doing the science.”

No straight answers if you ask

Should I wear some sort of mask?

Can we do the social distance

If we use the tube for instance?

Then there’s vaccines- what’s your take

On quite how long they’ll take to make?

And “Stay Alert”, what does that mean

Keep two metres, keep hands clean?

Is that what we’re meant to do?

Well if that’s so, it’s nothing new.

And why does testing take so long

In nursing homes, that just seems wrong

I’d love to trust the group called SAGE

But each decision takes an age.

And even when they deign tell us

You have to ask these boffin fellers

Do they know or do they guess

The way to free us from this mess?

Black lives matter is now our cry

Blow social distance, do or die

Second guess dead saints and kings

So, let us see what Brexit brings?

Steve Blakesley © June 2020