Tower and Town, November 2020

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In Lockdown I Have Noticed

The way the biscuit tin is never full for more than two days
and how many chocolate wrappers I have found stashed inside my brother’s bin;
How my dad’s hair
gets all curly when he hasn’t been to the barbers, 
although his mother thinks it makes him look sweet;  
How much of our bickering 
can float over the fence to our neighbours, 
who argue so little we feel embarrassed;  
How the cat
seems to cry every time she sees us in her house, 
but leaves us little gifts all the same;  
How the TV seems less important,  
having been stared at for what seems like years, 
replaying the same old stuff over and over;  
How we are becoming sick of Mario Kart -
we would be simply overjoyed on a normal school day, 
delighted at the opportunity;  
How little we do when we aren’t at school.
There’s nothing to do
While COVID-19’s still out there. 

Bonnie Cartwright (Year 10)

Imogen Granger (Year 7)