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

Regardless of pandemics and bugs

 

Western leaders pose and dither

Focus groups and re-election their goals

While children starve in Mozambique

Bony frames dropped in unmarked holes

 

As you sit at home twiddling your thumbs

Well fed and streaming box sets on your tellies

Remember the lot of those locked out

No vaccine will put food in their bellies