Tower and Town, April 2021

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Covid Marlborough

We arrived at Marlborough with a very big task
No contact, no coughing, ‘Oh please wear a mask!’
Within days of arriving, we set to the Mound
Socially distanced (of course), we spiralled around.

Ready 4 Rugby changed the game a lot:
No rucking, no team talks, tackling (definitely not!)
We practised Cricket, and then came a match,
But Bradfield won, as we were not up to scratch.

Lessons were allowed in our own little bubble,
But face coverings and ‘2 metres’ meant they were trouble
We ventured to Mem Hall for the weekly Assembly
Only to find that the place was half empty.

No mixing of years at Summerfield house meals
This really was one of the biggest deals
We scoffed it down in 15 minutes
Then in came Remove and made us off limits!

Oh! What a bore to have to school at home!
This made me annoyed and all I could do was moan
Sitting at a desk and staring at a screen
Is not my idea of how to start school at 13.

Betjeman’s poems were negative and sad,
But things at Marlborough really aren’t that bad.
We have many wonderful things, including Court
And, most importantly, we play lots of sport!

Toby MacColl