Inspired by Jacqueline Saphra and 100 Lockdown Sonnets
11-01-2022
Booze cruise
Email shows Boris Johnson aide invited No 10 staff to lockdown ‘BYOB’ party – The Guardian
In the dark disturbing, gloop-thick of it,
as we sank in rule-infested waters
the socially distanced, so sick of it
only one, please choose between your daughters
Shouts from yacht: “We’re all in this together
yet welcomes chosen for their furtive cruise
we should make the most of clement weather
and don’t forget to bring your favourite booze
Remorseless faces on the screen, reveal
smiling smug unbelievable contempt
we absorb slack-jawed, spectacle-surreal
reminded, yet again, they are exempt
Captain, your bullshit echoes through the realm
we’re drifting and you’re missing from the helm