Show me a meme
Something droll
Make me laugh
Cringe, groan
Feel something
Other than fear
And that faint sense of
Malaise born of
Too many days
Spent staring at a screen
Show me a meme
I don’t want to think
Of the horrors outside
Of queueing for food
Huddled in coats
Hats, gloves, scarves
Lonely and crowd-shy
Among faceless strangers
Who were once
On neighbourly
Nodding terms
Show me a meme
Bernie’s gloves
A party-favour
Orange forty-five
Something exotic
As new underwear
Pizza and beer
On a cold, wet
Soulless Tuesday
I really don’t care
Show me a meme
Or I will get up
And leave
My cold-coffee cup
On the windowsill
Ice-cream spoon stuck
To the carpet
By your easy chair
Climb the stairs
And head for bed…
Oh, kittens!
Katherine Shirley 