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.
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