everyone is being told to stay in their houses + i cant look after anyone
the hospitals are all too full + i cant look after anyone
my friends are scattered all over the world + i cant look after anyone
the nurses are in the supermarkets roaming empty aisles + i cant look after anyone
i am having fever dreams about my own death + i cant look after anyone
old gentle demented AH is no longer allowed in his regular cafe + i cant look after anyone
thousands have died in china + i cant look after anyone
zines are asking for poetry submissions to try to make sense of it all + i cant look after anyone
AL is coughing again + i cant look after anyone
the internet is full of memes about it + i cant look after anyone
a politician shakes hands with another + i cant look after anyone
all the pubs are closed + i cant look after anyone
there is shouting from the building across from mine + i cant look after anyone
i have yet to hear from AS + i cant look after anyone
BC is in her second morrisons today looking for toilet paper + i cant look after anyone
all the festivals have been cancelled + i cant look after anyone
the new kfc manager is being pressured to keep her shop open + i cant look after anyone
my mum messages me to say she is feeling so low + i cant look after anyone
share prices continue to fall world-over + i cant look after anyone
someone claims they have the cure all they need is money first + i cant look after anyone
FH has to self-isolate in a house with a partner she fears + i cant look after anyone
everyones confused as to when the bins will get taken out + i cant look after anyone
the selfemployed are struggling + i cant look after anyone
all the phonelines are busy + i cant look after anyone
my grandma is all on her own + i cant look after anyone
i dont know if antidepressants count as high priority medication + i cant look after anyone
BNs book launch has to be cancelled + i cant look after anyone
the newspapers are filled with nothing else + i cant look after anyone
LS says her work may have to lay her off + i cant look after anyone
the football season has been postponed + i cant look after anyone
nobody is buying my poetry + i cant look after anyone
TG is so anxious she can only eat if shes drunk + i cant look after anyone
the highlands have told people to stay away + i cant look after anyone
all the podcasts are begging their audiences to sign up to their patreons + i cant look after anyone
this house is not big enough for the all of us + i cant look after anyone
nobody dares talk about anything else any more + i cant look after anyone
there are still sirens even though the streets are empty + i cant look after anyone
DD thinks shes got it + i cant look after anyone
the food banks are all empty + i cant look after anyone
the CB hotel sacked + evicted all their staff overnight + i cant look after anyone
PV cant get her money back from the yoga retreat she had to cancel + i cant look after anyone
there is a pain in my chest + i cant look after anyone
you are a thousand miles away from here + i cant look after anyone
yet still i cant stop myself from thinking of you
but i cant look after anyone
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sean wai keung is a Glasgow-based poet and performer. He can be found at @seanwaikeung on Twitter and Instagram or via his website.