FebulousFebruary 2026: The Old Photograph

Covid Come, Covid Go

Covid come and Covid go
Covid deal it’s mighty blow
Covid sleek and Covid slick
Covid slow and Covid quick

Covid n-n-n-nineteen
Covid not quite what it seem
A mild illness, I’m fighting fit
A cold, a flu, I’ll deal with it

But Covid get me in it’s grip
Covid take me on it’s trip
Not the shiny kind I know
Covid never let me go

Covid here, here to stay
Covid take my breath away
All through spring, crippling fatigue
Covid! Covid! I can’t breathe!

Fog descend, fill up my head
Can barely, still, get out of bed
We lie, together, all through summer
Covid, Covid, what a bummer

Friends have had it, Mums have died
I’m thankful that I’m still alive
Still, it beats it’s dreadful drum
Covid – when will you be done?

Earworm driving me insane
Covid not a friendly game
Covid short and Covid long
Release me from this savage song

Covid here, Covid gone
Finally, it’s on the run
December come, Christmas cheer
Covid’s knocked me down all year

Covid comes, Covid goes
Lockdown’s back with painted toes
Never mind, I feel well
At last, I’m free of Covid hell

January, a fresh new start
Happy health lift up my heart
Energy begin to rise
Immunity, for 2 nd Prize!

But wait! I need a Covid test
Stand in line with all the rest
Results back, too much at stake,
Covid! Again! For fuck, fucks’ sake!

Covid cough, Covid fever
Covid I don’t fucking need ya
Covid fever, Covid cough
C’mon Covid, I’ve had enough!

But second time, not as shit
Like a bad flu, I deal with it
Covid come and Covid go
Covid deal it’s mighty blow

Covid gone, Covid been
Worst havoc I’ve ever seen
Covid, this time you’re too slow –
Fuck of Covid. Off you go……

Karen, aged 51, Brighton

Death came to many of us last year

Death comes to many of us

everyday and everywhere

Death is a constant

Death is a must

Once one has gifted life

L Devo Child, (age 50’ish) Bristol