New Norms

There will come a time When thinking of this year’s Covid 19 rhyme Will we wonder if we did the right thing Following the rules and what they bring The social distancing we have practiced With washing hands and being less interactive How will it end after society being stopped To start it all again and see the virus dropped The Spanish ‘Flu came in three waves spread Increasing each time the numbers of the dead Will we be left with a similar problem for us Returning to normal times without a fuss The lessons learnt should make us better Being ultra clean to the letter And social distancing being society’s new norm So no shaking hands and 1.5 metres apart without scorn. © Paul Warren Poetry