Out in the killing zone, mask on, beware,

Glasses are steamed up, too much hot air,

Frightened faces, awkward approaches,

Can you contract it from minimal doses?

Waiting in queues, Oi, don’t get too near,

Keep socially distant, avoid any fear,

Coughs and sneezes spread diseases you know,

It must be correct, ‘cos they told me so,

That Johnson and Gove, that Hancock and Raab,

Tried to convince me that things aint too bad,

Only 45 thousand, we’ve done a great job,

But these are all people, the stats make me sob,

Every one, a disaster, a loss,

Families destroyed; do they give a toss?

Forget the statistics, the dead ones won’t heal,

They’ve not even got a new app to reveal,

A day trip to Durham sealed lockdowns fate,

Deal with it Boris, don’t care he’s your mate,

Stop baffling me with the vaguest of rules

And treating me like the biggest of fools,

No track and trace, no daily report,

Look, it’s under control, defies any thought,

This shit is real, don’t make a mistake,

Or let them convince you your fears are all fake,

Football and cricket without any fans,

Iconic venues without any bands,

Cinemas, gyms where we all used to go,

Restaurants, bars, ‘no entry’ signs show,

There’s a way to move back to the world that we knew,

Look after each other while you do what you do,

It’s incredibly easy, not too much to ask,

Stop being an idiot and put on a mask.