The frown had begun way back in the spring, when a global pandemic changed everything.
They called it corona, but unlike the beer, it didn’t bring good times, it didn’t bring cheer.
Airplanes were grounded, travel was banned. Borders were closed across air, sea and land.
As the world entered lockdown to flatten the curve, the economy halted, and folks lost their nerve.
From March to July we rode the first wave, people stayed home, they tried to behave.
When summer emerged the lockdown was lifted, but away from caution, many folks drifted.
Now it’s December and cases are spiking, wave two has arrived, much to our disliking.