COVID-19 UPDATE FROM MONDAY MORNING IN SOLIHULL...

Covid-19 Update: Monday Morning In Solihull 

(07.15 hours until 8am…)

Grumbling has been circulating

About a noisily driven Subaru,

Its exhaust like a motor bike’s,

Its colour steely blue;

But it does have a competitor

In the shape of a Skoda Octavia,

Also blue and spluttering

And committing anti-social behaviour…

Slowing down at speed humps

Almost to a stop and brakes lock,

Then they roar away to wake the neighbours

More effectively than a rampant cock…

However, milk was needed today from One Stop,

A necessity, so I walked out early

And found myself in a queue of four,

Including the window-cleaner, surly…

The chap in front bought a canned drink and crisps

And so my finger just ached to accuse

But he then spent five minutes at the counter,

Lottery tickets and scratch cards to choose…

The window-cleaner had entered the store,

Nodded then queued with his customary smirk,

To buy only his packet of fags for the day,

A necessity when you’re due at work…

The other elderly fellow waiting in line

Was glum and he too held no goods to buy:

Purchasing fags then it was clear to us all,

Cuz for smokers rules don’t seem to apply…

As I left the till space I guardedly turned

To find the lump blocking my exit and escape;

I waited until realisation moved him aside,

His expression dim, his mouth dully agape…

What happened above took just three-quarters

Of a dull and cloudy, Monday hour,

Leaving the whole day ahead to contemplate

And extract a smile from my glower… 

Pete Ray 

27th April 2020

The noisy car drivers seem to be joyriding, despite local complaints becoming commonplace.

"GET US A PACKET OF RICHMOND SUPERKINGS IF YOU'RE GOIN' TO ONE STOP..."

I was the only one of four customers at One Stop who was actually buying an essential: milk…

"DROPPED MY BLOODY CRISPS..."

Cigarettes? Canned drink? Crisps? Lottery tickets and scratch cards? 

"FRIGGIN' LOTTERY, THESE CATTLE..."

Really?

QUIET GULLY...

QUIET ROAD...

SOCIAL DISTANCING AT ITS BEST...