lockdown song

Some weeks back we were told

The disease had got a hold

So we all must stay at home it seems all day.

But it really is obscene

What it's done, Covid-19,

And the rules we must adhere to and obey.

I've always suffered bad from claustrophobia

But now I'm forced inside by these microbia.

I've had enough of cooking

And reading all cook books.

I've had enough of looking

At my fast fading looks.

I've cleaned from top to bottom

All the corners and the nooks.

The lockdown is a bloody awful pain.

 

A friend told me it's nicer

To be at home,

But I replied: 'O why, sir?

I'd rather roam!'

I tried my hand at painting

Got splatter dashed with paint;

Tried online entertaining:

I'm good at that? I ain't!

And now I end up fainting:

I'm needing some restraint.

The lockdown is a dreadful, dreadful strain.

For me, I hate this lockdown:

I'm going mad.

These walls I'd rather knock down:

It's rather sad.

I've taken up with knitting –

I ended up with knots.

I spend all day just sitting:

My brain has gone to pot.

I think I'll end up slitting

My wrists because I'm shot:

The lockdown is just driving me insane.

Some day we will be told

The disease has lost its hold

And finally we're free the livelong day.

No more need for moping:

The shops will all be open

And the rules will be torn up and thrown away.

But agony for me will not be over-er,

'Cos by then I will have got agoraphobia.

I'll love my little dwelling –

Its four walls suit me well.

Anxiety they're quelling:

Outside just seems like hell.

There really is no telling

What horrors cast their spell.

The lockdown is just doing in my brain –

And I'll never ever

Not forever

(Lockdown will my brain dissever)

Never ever be the same again!

Because of lockdown –

I'll never ever be the same again!