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READERS’ POETRY: Dreaming

by Guest contributor
September 14, 2020
in Arts, Entertainment, Wokingham
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‘Hey, Hey, We’re having a party’

Come on over to mine

No more worries about distancing

We’re back to normal and we’re fine

Come all our friends and neighbours

Come relations far and near

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There’s nothing more to fear

We’ll hug and kiss each other

And pass round plates of food

And laugh and sing together

In a good old party mood

But now I wake from dreaming

Of as it was before

This virus called Corona

Came marching through our door

When will our lives be free again

Is there a beam of light that gleams

Or will ‘Hey, Hey, Let’s Party’

Be forever in our dreams.

Jean Hill

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