This, the ultimate expression
Of complete social distancing
Is now open public knowledge.
The Sunday newspapers are full
Of column inches about yurts,
Staycations, fences and trespass.
Photographs of Prime Minister
In Knitted wooly bobble hat,
And hipster lumberjack checked shirt.
Just another ordinary
Geezer on summer holidays,
Cut off from civilisation,
Plucking strings so pizzicato,
In private Caledonia.
Have his grades gone up or down?
Are his algorithms working?
Kitchen spad cabinet smirking,
As we are played again for fools.

Harry Rogers in the Yellow Room, 23rd August 2020