Coronavirus first broke out, in the land of China.
When a young man ate a bat,
Declaring no food finer.
In a traveller’s bag it jumped,
Eager to do travel.
Then it saw the whole wide world,
And watched us all unravel.
“Hither Dom and stand by me, we shall act with foresight.
We shall lock the country down,
You drive and test your eyesight.
Into our black books we’ll go,
And gather up our contacts.
And when the public’s heads are turned,
We’ll divvy up fat contracts.
In our homes we bravely sat, drinking beer for breakfast.
Wond’ring when would come the time,
We could go get reckless.
We clapped upon a Thursday eve,
Our only chance to natter.
Then inside we went again,
And continued to get fatter.
But Captain Tom did show the way, with fortitude and willing.
He was knighted by a distanced queen,
As we went of swilling.
Therefore as we sit and think,
Of these times a recent,
How do we treat our fellow folk?
Could I be more decent?
Simon Gary is the author of the comic novels “Thryke: The Man That Nobody Knew” and “Gone To The Dogs.”
Both would make a marvellous Christmas present for the curmudgeon in you life.