Herd Immunity I
Later they will say
it was never our policy
but I remember how for eleven
precious days we take it on the chin
while people get pissed in tents
at Cheltenham races
crowd to watch a favourite band
sing to their team
that they’ll never walk alone
while protesters in hazmats demand
a lockdown and the loved ones
they told us we would lose
before their time
start being lost
Herd Immunity II
In Wales wild goats
roam deserted streets
and sheep are filmed
in a children’s playground
crowding on a roundabout
going round and round
and round
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Deborah Harvey’s poems have been widely published and broadcast on Radio 4’s Poetry Please. The Shadow Factory is her fourth collection and is published by Indigo Dreams. Deborah is co-director of The Leaping Word poetry consultancy. http://www.theleapingword.com