Do not Stand at my Store and Weep
I was thinking of those that won't survive lockdown and beyond.
Do not stand at my store and weepI am not there, I could not keepThe wolf from baying at the doorThe bills that piled up ever more The stock that spoiled I cannot sellA shop no more, it's just a shell. No customers to greet with smiles No bumping baskets in the aisles No half day closing, Sundays off A victim of persistent cough Where go I next, I cannot tell The virus pealed my dream's death knell Do not stand at my store and weep I sadly had it put to sleep