Gut Feeling

Gut feeling

I’m not a toy.

I’m not your mother.

I’m not your wife.

I’m not your friend.

I’m not your keeper.

I’m not your counsellor.

I’m not your mentor.

I’m not your father.

I’m not your pet.

Unlike them, I don’t give a fuck about you.

Crow chimes the clock tower in the event of your demise.

Like

In a word of social media

Like acid, you burn through me

Like a guillotine you behead me

Like a throne, you scream entitlement

Like a message, you annoy me

Like memories you stalk me

Like feelings, you pester me

Like a liar, you lie.

Like a user, you surface when you’re in need.

Like this post, you seek attention and validity.

Shop-Pigs!

I visited the super-market and could not buy:

  • Hand-sanitiser
  • Antibacterial Surface Spray
  • Antibacterial Wipes
  • Porridge
  • Oat-milk
  • Self-raising flour

I have visited the super-market every-day since March 17 2020

It is disheartening each time I visit, nothing is available…Knowing that people across the United Kingdom have stock-piled through sheer greed!

#ThanksForNothing

Empty

Empty

I’ve never felt so alone, through the meat to my bones, I’ve never felt so empty.

I feel like I reside on the wall inside art by Dali.

Yet, here I hang alone in an empty gallery. No eyes on me.

21 days isolation, extended on Friday I bet.

Although, betting is futile in a world of social-distancing. My purse remains untouched.

Lockdown

For the past few days, Unique has been indoors; anxiety has her paranoid.

Daily, she sprays disinfectant and prepares vegan food. Moaning at Crow, ‘stay indoors!’

But Crow wants bagels, Crow want’s joy. ‘Stop being a worrier; it’s not a pandemic its all a ploy.

Unique has not eaten much since last Wednesday I’m told, she’s developed an aversion to food – through worrying about the sick, elderly and the homeless. During a shopping trip Wednesday morning, she witnessed people with full trolleys fighting over pasta while elderly customers struggled to navigate through the crowds to get any essentials.

     Unique returned home and saw videos posted online showing selfish people stockpiling on essential items – Who needs so much loo roll? When did the flu cause you to shit more than usual? That’s unusual.

     Unique saw some positive posts via Instagram, showing fishes, swans and dolphins return to clear waters in Venice. Bull-fights have been cancelled, Cheltenham Horse racing cancelled and the consumption of plant-based milk soaring.

Yet, she remains indoors!

Crow lusts after the chances to fly out and explore the supposedly vacant streets. But Unique is down, and she’s his only reason for staying indoors…

*If you care about your friends, family and community you live in. I implore you to stay indoors!

Please follow the government’s advice and stay indoors! Those of you who have to go out for work, buying food, etc., please adhere to social distancing rules.

As Unique climbed into bed, Crow swooped down onto her headboard and whispered – ‘Heal the world, make it a better place, for you and for me and the entire human race. There are people dying if you care enough for the living make it a better place for you and for me’ – Michael Jackson

Lockdown

‘Indoors, indoors, indoors!’

‘Crow, it’s for the benefit of all.’

‘Indoors, indoors, no more!’

‘Crow, it’s for the good of human-kind.’

‘Indoors, indoors, I hate these walls.’

‘Crow, you picked the colour, remember from before?’

The little blackbird ruffles his feathers in his spot on the corner of their kitchen table. He looks longingly out of the window and snarls, ‘Fucking panic-buyers, there wasn’t any chicken nuggets left!’ Unique turns off the saucepan that now has heated baked-beans, mushrooms and onions inside. ‘Crow, we’ll be fine. We have chickpea-chick’n for tomorrows dinner.’

‘Indoors, indoors, indoors! No more indoors, no more.’

Unique serves up two bowls of mashed potatoes, beans, mushrooms, onions and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. Places the dishes onto the table, Crow grumbles and whispers, ‘I wanted roast chicken!’ Unique rubs his left cheek and prompts him to try his first meat-free meal.