The woman on the news
Squirted the table and wiped it.
She said how the death of her daughter
Had increased her anxiety
And she wiped her hands.
The writer on Twitter
Took a deep breath
And said how his stay in ICU
Had increased his anxiety:
He breathed again.
The family at the foodbank
Stood in the queue
And explained how furlough and redundancy
Meant they had nothing
But hoped soon to eat something.
I walk in the hills,
Mindful of many,
Recalling the Unsleeping One,
Who rocks us all.
JAL 29.08.2020 in Longdendale