Covid Nation

I have learned many things about myself

During the pandemic.

Most of the time I work from home

Which suits me very well.

I have avoided getting sick,

I have avoided meeting people,

And I have avoided that bloke at work who talks for hours and hours about the time he lived in Finland.

So, what have I learned?

How to make Kimchi is one thing,

Although I have to get the ingredients off the internet,

So I might as well buy it ready made from Waitrose.

I sometimes wish that I live in a more cosmopolitan area,

Where Korean radish and fermented chilli paste are readily available,

But then I would probably have to meet other people

When I go to the local greengrocers,

And that would never do.

One thing in particular I have realised

Is how much I dislike other people.

I sneer at folk from behind my net curtains

And curse when they make too much noise,

Although I do it very quietly

So as not to draw attention to myself.

Perhaps lockdown has not been too bad for me.

It keeps me off the streets,

Away from other people

And at home with the cats,

Where I belong.

There is an added benefit:

I don’t have to listen to that bloke at work who talks for hours and hours about the time he lived in Finland.