Covid for Reg and Iris
I’ve been in isolation for ten weeks now.
It’s been a terrible time.
The wife, she’s had covid
And she’s hardly in her prime.
I struggled to look after her,
And then the wife’s father died
But we couldn’t attend the funeral
We had to stay inside.
I was worried that I’d get sick too
And then who’d look after us
But if you give in to worry
You’ll jump beneath a bus.
So we struggled on
And somehow we’ve got through
It’s left the wife real weak though
Hardly a ‘small flu’.
We’ve been scared and terrified
Without family support.
No-one to talk to,
And shopping to be bought.
Every time I stepped outside
I thought I’d catch the virus
And end up dying on my own
And then who’d look after Iris?
We do everything we’re told to
And are always washing hands.
There’s just one rule for us
Another for those who rule these lands.
But if they go spreading the disease
It’s not them’d die.
We’re the ones it’d do in
Iris and I.
Opher – 27.5.2020