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Covid-19:Effects

COVID-19; EFFECTS

ROADS, ARE GENERALLY EMPTY
HIGHWAY,S AT HALF OF THEIR PACE
EFFECT ON COMMERCE, IS HEFTY
HOME, A PLACE AT LEAST SAFE

FEAR IN THE MIND, HAS A FOOTHOLD
IT IS SHOWN, BY THE BUYING OF MAN
SOME SHELVES ARE EMPTY, OF STOCK SOLD
TOILET PAPER, IT SITS IN THE VAN

REASON, 'PPEARS NOT TO SHOW REASON
THEN WHY, DOES THE BRAIN TURN THAT WAY
WHEN THE STOCK BUYS OF MAN, ARE NEAR LEGION
COULD THE PSYCHES HAVE THE CLUES, WELL THEY MAY

ONE WOULD THINK, IT'S THE PRIMAL OF MAN THAT IS SEEN
WHERE OF SURVIVAL, IT'S SELF AND THEIR OWN
IT WAS SELF AND MINE, BEFORE THE GROWING OF TEAM
AND INTO THE PRESENT THE PRIMAL DOES GROW

FEAR TAKEN ROOT, MUST GOVERN THEIR THOUGHTS
FOR THEIR PURCHASES COVER MUCH MORE
AND THE STORES HAVE STOMPED, ON THE ITEMS NOW BOUGHT
ONLY ONE OF EACH TYPE, THROUGH THE DOOR

ONE HOPES THAT SANITY, WILL COME BACK AGAIN
AS SOME HOUSES MUST BULGE, AT THE SEAMS
AND PEOPLE NOT WORKING, START FEELING THE STRAIN
STOP GOODWILL OF MANKIND, TURNING MEAN

WE'RE WEEKS IN NOW, SOME MONTHS TO COME
RESTRICTIONS FLOAT, THOUGH SOME DO IGNORE
SELF ISOLATE, HOME, CREATE YOUR OWN FUN
COP FINE OR GAOL, IF YOU FLOUT THE LAW

I'M SAFE FOR NOW, AND SO IS MY TRIBE
THE PRIMAL'S WORKING AND I FOLLOW IT TRUE
IS THERE SUCH A THING AS TEAM, I SCRIBE
THERE IS AN END TO THIS, AND WE'LL SEE IT THROUGH


WILLIAM HANCOCK
15.28
05/04/2020

Copyright © | Year Posted 2020




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