Solipism
Is it wrong
that I hope we stay in lockdown
a little bit longer?
a little bit forever?
I like it here at home
making meals for me and my love
listening to no-one outside
but the birds
seeing my weekend ahead
with my plans of
nothing.
I prefer my face hidden
by a mask
so I can move incognito
around my neighbourhood
wearing my comfortable 70s cords
an uncool t-shirt
and my hair, wild and uncut.
Sometimes I think I wished
it into being, a world
where the government pays my wages
while I sit in my garden
and read books.
It is only the sound
of the ambulances
again and again and again
that reminds me
this is not about me.
Ms Barney Harper:
@msbarneyharper