Inevitability

Ability. Determinedly inviting. And, yet, fragile.

Its being-ness, being predetermined; with

its destination,

being –

anything but,

what some might term – inevit

able.

 

Copyright owned by Jay Cool, August 31st, 2021

Image by Peggy und Marco Lachmann-Anke from Pixabay

 

The Travesty of The Ping

Locked in for eight days;

just two more to go,

before setting foot on the –

Not yet.

Not even one foot in and the other one out,

and yet,

today, I hear, not from the app, but from a voice transmitted upon radio waves:

“It is not illegal, people must remember, to go out to work, after a ping,

but

you must not, cannot, work if a member of Track and Trace gives you a ring.”

Just lost £300, the last days of a contract job (no sick pay included),

for a ping –

that was not, as it turns out, the same thing as being given a ring.

And if I had been given a ring –

not at all my thing –

I could at least have

pawned it.

Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool and her empty bank account, 16th July 2021

Image courtesy of Pixabay.com

Waiting

Waiting for today,

today,

I think that

tomorrow, I will still be waiting for

yesterday

to happen …

 

Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 20th May, 2021

 

Image by congerdesign from Pixabay

 

Links to other posts by Jay Cool:

Inevitability

Provocation – Savvy Poem

Pre-emptive

 

 

Pressure – Silly-Savvy Poem

Pressure

Lockdown, lockdown, when we going to lockdown?

Now we’re in, now we’re in, when we going to get out?

Lockdown, lockdown, when we going to lockdown?

Get us out, get us out, when you going to get us out?

Relax, caution, relax, caution.

Back.

Last one, hold on, last one, hold on.

Hassle, hassle – set it out!

When you going to get us out?

Too soon. Act soon. Hold on. Out.

Back in, back in, when can we go back in?

Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 15th February 2021

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay

Boris Looks Back …

Boris Looks Back …

It may be that we need to do things in the coming weeks …..

Take your time, Boris, why don`t you?

Wait until the problems pile up and then, perhaps, take action!

Tis always best to have the benefit of hind

sight,

isn`t it?

Copyright owned by Jay Cool, 1st January 2011

Image by 25621 from Pixabay

To My Beloved Boris

Dear Beloved Boris,

Mixed messages from you this morning.

  • The virus is out of control and further restrictions may be necessary.
  • Schools are safe!

Of all places, how can a classroom full of 30+ children, sitting in twos, who are not allowed to wear face masks[1], be safe? Where is the logic in your statement, please? All evidence available points to this conclusion:

Schools are lethal!

Pinch yourself, Boris and WAKE UP!

Best regards,

From a mum who is no longer sure whether she lives on the planet Earth or not!


[1] My child`s Heads of School will not allow him to wear a face-mask in the classroom, on the basis that they are following government guidelines which suggest that face-masks in the classroom can be harmful! What?

Impacted

Tightening, squeezing, pulling.

Shrinking and thinning into a collision

with what lies within.

Finally, the essence of what is me

makes an impact.

Image by Alexas_Fotos from Pixabay

Mutation

Mutation

More or less.

Doubly sure,

Might not.

Replicate.

Might not.

Migrate.

Might be able to.

Definitely not.

Really useful

Information.

Not.

Snippets from the BBC News, 20 December, 2020, pieced together by Jay Cool.

Image by Aneta Esz from Pixabay

“Clarity & Simplicity”

A poem inspired by the words of Boris Johnson, BBC News at Ten, 13 December 2020

“Clarity & Simplicity”

Detailed discussions.

Dead deal.

Done.

Copyright of poem owned by Jay Cool.

Image by Pexels from Pixabay