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Lockdown 4.4

Poem I crafted from a poetry workshop today

By Chloe GilholyPublished about a year ago 1 min read
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Lockdown 4.4
Photo by Matt Seymour on Unsplash

Lockdown 4.4 2020 and something!

Washing up to twenty people a day

Helping her dozen grandparents to get up and to eat.

A thousand instructions to remember;

Breakfast, lunch and dinner all too chewy:

Too much potato; too much cheese;

And everything else drowning in grease

The bells ring and she turns them off

She’s a servant, therapist, mother and child all in one.

No time for breaks and no time for paperwork.

She is lucky to have even a day off,

When they’re all in bed it’s time to go home

Only to do it all again.

Dreams and goals crushed the wages are wrong again.

No one notices her; this is her job

She’s only a number to management who are too busy cussing at Boris.

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About the Creator

Chloe Gilholy

Former healthcare worker and lab worker from Oxfordshire. Author of ten books including Drinking Poetry and Game of Mass Destruction. Travelled to over 20 countries.

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