Unlike Robinson Crusoe

They got marooned

Without a ship-wreck but

They'll still lose track of time,

The old folk

For out of sight of land

They're snagged in a

Cross-current,

Wondering will they die,

One way or another,

Before its over.

I know for I'm in the same boat except

It's been longer.

Yet they are the lucky ones for

They've had a life, while for

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Its a pain in the neck and no mistake

Locked down, our busy lives on hold

But what of the billions less wealthy

Forever locked out in the cold?

Locked down or locked out

Are two very different fates

We blandly wait for a vaccine

To benefit our richer states

In Africa the virus is poverty

Immune to vaccines and drugs

Kids locked down all their lives

Regard...

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