WELL, WE'VE LANDED IN A PICKLE, OF THAT THERE'S NO MISTAKE ALL HUMANKIND IS REELING FROM THE SUDDEN INFILTRATION OF THIS MOST PERNICIOUS VIRUS THAT HAS US IN ITS GRIP AND IT MOVES IN STEALTH AND SILENCE SO WE'RE AFRAID TO MAKE A SLIP AND EVERYONE IS CAUTIOUS AND STANDING WELL APART AND WE'RE ALL TOO SCARED TO BREATHE AND WE'RE ALL TOO SCARED TO FART SO WE’RE ALL AT HOME NOW JUST OBEYING ORDERS WAITING FOR RESPITE, AND CONFINED TO QUARTERS FOR TWO MONTHS WE LIVED THROUGH STRONG PERSISTENT BIBLICAL STORMS WHERE THE RAINS CAME DOWN, THE GALES BLEW HARD AND DAYS FILLED WITH MIST BUT SINCE LOCKDOWN STARTED THE SKIES HAVE CLEARED, THE DAYS ARE BRIGHT AND WARM AND WE’RE ALL HERE STUCK AT HOME IN THIS IRONIC TWIST IF YOU'D TURNED TO ME A MONTH AGO AND SAID NOW LISTEN, FRIEND WE'LL ALL SOON BE LOCKED IN OUR HOMES, I'D HAVE SAID YOU'RE ROUND THE BEND BUT NOW IT'S REALLY HAPPENING IT FEELS LIKE IT WON'T END AND IF WE MAKE IT OUT OK THEN HOW WILL WE TRANSCEND? WHATEVER WE ALL DO NOW IT'S MUCH OF A MUCHNESS THE EVIL VIRUS HAS US ALL IN ITS CLUTCHES WE'RE ALLOWED OUT ONCE A DAY TO WALK, MASKS ARE OPTIONAL KEEP CROSSING ROADS TO AVOID OTHER FOLK, AND THUS THE HOSPITAL I WAS ALWAYS HAPPY TO BE ENSCONCED AT HOME BUT BEING THE TYPE I AM, RECALCITRANT TO THE BONE NOW THAT I AM BEING FORCED TO FOLLOW ORDERS I REALLY DON'T WANNA BE HERE, CONFINED TO QUARTERS AND THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION HAS BEEN WARNING US FOR YEARS ABOUT JUST THIS SITUATION AND NOW ALL THEIR WORST FEARS ARE QUICKLY BECOMING REAL TO THE GOVERNMENT’S DISTRESS BUT IF THEY HADN’T IGNORED THEM THEN WE’D BE MORE PREPARED FOR THIS MESS AND NOW LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE TO WORK FROM THEIR HOMES TEN MINUTES ON THEIR LAPTOP, THEN THEY’RE SURFING ON THEIR PHONES IT MIGHT BE KINDA HARD FOR SOME TO GO BACK TO THEIR JOBS BUT WHILE THOSE FOLK COMPLAIN, IT'S JUST SO PERFECT FOR THE SLOBS LOTS OF PLANES ARE GROUNDED, TRAINS AND BUSES REDUCED THE ALARM HAS BEEN SOUNDED, AND NO-ONE IS AMUSED I NEVER USED TO TRAVEL MUCH, CONTENT IN MY OWN WATERS BUT NOW I'M GOING STIR CRAZY, CONFINED TO QUARTERS LIFE IS NOW AN ENDLESS CIRCLE, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO AND EVERY DAY'S THE SAME, THERE’S NO REAL END IN VIEW SPRING HAS ARRIVED IN A FLURRY, SUMMER'S ON ITS WAY BUT WE'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, IN OUR QUARTERS WE MUST STAY WE'RE ALLOWED TO GO OUT WEEKLY AND LINE UP BY THE SUPERMARKETS BUT WE STAND SIX FEET APART, LIKE LEPERS MARKED WITH TARGETS WE'RE CONFINED TO QUARTERS, JUST LIKE DISEASED PARIAHS CAN'T LEAVE OUR NEIGHBOURHOODS, OR WE'RE STOPPED BY BLACK MARIAHS WITH NO FOOTBALL ON THE TELLY AND NO GIGS ON FRIDAY NIGHT AND NO WALKS DOWN TO THE PUB, WE ALL CURSE THIS FEARFUL BLIGHT AND NOW EVERYONE IS SITTING AROUND INCREASING THEIR WAISTLINES TALKING TO FRIENDS ON SKYPE AND ZOOM WHILE SOME TAKE UP NEW PASTIMES THANK GOODNESS FOR THE MUSIC, AND FOR THE JOY OF BEER BUT I AIN'T DRINKING CORONA - OF THAT THERE IS NO FEAR MANY SCIENTISTS ARE RACING FOR THE GOOD OF HUMANKIND ALL OF THEM COFFEE-EYED, AND SO DETERMINED AND EVERYONE IS WISHING ALL THE SCIENTISTS THE BEST HOPING THEY CAN WIN A VICTORY OVER THIS INSIDUOUS PEST AND EVERYONE IS FILLED WITH HOPE IN EVERY LAND, O’ER EVERY BORDER AND EVERYONE IS WISHING ALL THE SCIENTISTS THE BEST HOPING THEY CAN WIN A VICTORY OVER THIS INSIDIOUS PEST COS IT’S GETTING HARD TO COPE TO BE SO LONG CONFINED TO QUARTERS...