Just Before Christmas
I was
sacked from a job once just before Christmas
I was
released from prison once just before Christmas
I had
my Universal Credit stopped once just before Christmas
Christmas
is neutral
It’s
just that we imbue it with meaning.
These
things could have happened to me on April 1st
And I
would be called a fool
The
Covid Lockdown happened just before Christmas
And it
happened to us all.
We
will not change
Once it’s all over we will return to our books and our headphones
on
the daily commute.
None
but the brave or crazy will dare to question "what just happened?"
“Just one of those things I suppose, like war,
like man’s inhumanity towards woman”
Fat Santas socially distanced, mask wearing and hands cleansed
after every drop off delivery go through the yearly routine
“It’s
for the kids” cry the lonely
“We don’t mind being alone because people just don’t know
how to break down the
barriers of distrust built up over 40 years”
Just
before Christmas
We should
write out our New Year’s Resolutions
that we
don’t go back to normal
but
that we collectively tackle climate change
before
it collectively tackles us
THE
END
Of
Civilisation
As
We
Know
it
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