Lockdown #2: Social Meltdown
Our COVID story continues, with lockdown extended
Our Fathers’ Day ruined, our hopes upended
Dan said don’t rush it
We’ve just got to crush it
This prolonged shutdown, he has strongly defended
That shocking hotel quarantine disaster
Needed more than just, a sticking plaster
Untrained security
Infected the community
The virus was spreading, faster and faster
But when the going gets tough, we blame the man
We call him names like Chairman Dan
A socialist, a control freak
A sociopath, a mean streak
All because we don’t like, his recovery plan
When he moved the curfew just one hour later
Many claimed our Premier’s a raving dictator
But this COVID depression
Is far from oppression
The tyranny of genocide, is of course far greater
All we have to do, is stay indoors
We’re not sent to die, in foreign wars
We’ve Netflix and takeaways
Not austerity of olden days
We just need to obey, these restrictive laws
But some think themselves above the law
Wouldn’t wear a mask in a Bunnings store
And Karen from Brighton
With comments that frightened
Walking her own streets was such a bore
And then there’s the traitors, lockdown cheats
Those who snuck off, to their holiday retreats
Community lesions
Hiding in the regions
Maybe they were smart, but some say deceit
Meanwhile our Prime Minister seems somewhat deposed
A nationless leader, with State borders closed
His authority weaker
Just pays the Jobseeker
While Premiers run their fiefdoms, some very hard nosed
And the ‘G’ not hosting the footy Grand Final
That’s the final straw, of lockdown survival
What could be worse
Than the corona curse
Our game played in Brisbane, by interstate rivals
The long road out, is based on us hoping
When the restrictions are lifted, that we stay open
To let businesses recover
In summer like no other
But this is hard to handle and many aren’t coping
Dan’s stubborn step plan, of sticks and stealth
Is causing a new pandemic, of mental heath
Such social deprivation
Desperate isolation
Could be even worse, than the virus itself.
They still need to improve, their contact traces
If we’re ever going to reduce, the corona cases
And that COVID Safe App
How hopeless was that
We need more than distance and masks on our faces
Dan said we can’t run our way, out of this lockdown
We’ve got to reduce cases, that daily count down
Stop the spread
Is what he said
But we better be quick, before there’s a total melt down
Desperately hoping for an early Christmas treat
Families back together, the virus in retreat
Let’s aim to get
All thresholds met
Here’s to open air cafes and pubs in the streets.
Kevin Holmes • 14th September 2020
