Poor Git

they can't all be love songs....

Poor Git

 

Ha ..

He only managed half a laugh

On that occasion  

But ..

And look, it’s a BIG BUT

He was forced to give a cough

Or two instead

Before completing 

What he had set out to do

And of course 

Before it became 

An eventual chore 

Listen... 

Another cough in the making 

Half-hearted this time

And politely as per 

The official manual

Cross contamination HMSO 2020

Then 

Just before the angel hit

He thought she handed him a

Rainbow

The Coroner later said 

His heart and eyes held out

It was his lungs that let him down

Poor git …

 

Reviews

[Chris Shaw]

The official manual on cross infection makes me think of our health workers who bravely battle on, on the front lines, dealing with all and sundry while miss Covid does her worse. Anyone with a positive diagnosis will be apprehensive and fear what the future could hold for themselves or those that live with them, their nearest and dearest. For most it will mean recovery, but for some it will mean premature death. That is devastating. I am now thinking sadly of that vast number of 44,000 plus in the UK and the half million lives worldwide who did not live to see the rainbow. Sobering poetry Neville.

Chris

[Neville]

it seems you can read me like a book our Chris.. thanks for stopping over ...

Neville

[R J Askew]

Funny how those little coughs we never gave a second thought to come do dominate our lives so completely in so many different ways, be we old or young. Who knows what final thoughts n visions may have passed through the minds of those 44,000 deceased. A good few may well have seen a few rainbows. I hope so. You put your finger on how things are - as always.

[Neville]

thank you Ron, much appreciated sir.. stay well.

[emmajoy]

As always, such a fine and sensitive write. Close to home for a great many readers. So many, too many poor gits. And poor's the word: whilst everything's opening its arms to the economic crisis, tears seem to be cheaper than cheap as the numbers fly even higher this morning. There'll be only pillars of salt at the foot of rainbows from now on.

[Neville]

thank you for paying these words a visit & thank you kindly emmajoy .. my folks always said that salt would be the end of me...

I too fear there is yet much suffering & sorrow ahead

Neville

[emmajoy]

Salt hopefully not coming from an excess of weeping, Neville. Meantime, keep looking for the rainbows!

[John the Baptist]

A poem of our times here. The subject of the work is not named, but he seems like an average person trying to make his way through the plague. Then the cough started and progressed. It sounds as though his passing was quick, unlike others. But tell me, what is a git?

[Neville]

Thanks J t B... always appreciated sir, and true ..

Git is a term of insult with origins in English denoting an unpleasant, silly, incompetent, annoying, senile, elderly or childish person. As a mild oath it is roughly on a par with prat and marginally less pejorative than berk. Typically a good-natured admonition with a strong implication of familiarity ...

Neville

[John the Baptist]

Thanks, Neville. As it turns out, I have known a lot of gits, prats and berks. They're everywhere.

[Neville]

watch where ya tread ..

[AJNJ]

Poor man...I feel so sorry for him and all others who died by this pestilence. Death is inevitable but to die so unceremoniously...!. All organs in perfect condition and probably long years of good health ahead of him. And then this bloody virus struck. I feel such a rage burning within me. China....

[Neville]

I fear that many more tears are yet to fall... thank you for pausing to consider these words Pj...

Neville

[AJNJ]

You're most welcome sir....

[R.E. Ray]

Well, Neville, I guess if that how it ends, at least I'll see a rainbow. I can think of many worse things. I'll admit I had to look up "git." It's not commonly used in the USA. Oxford says a "git" is "an unpleasant or contemptible person (e.g. "that mean old git"). If that's the case here, maybe he got more than he should have.

So much sadness here in the USA. The COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to rise, and you'd think it's party time if you see all the people out and about, not wearing masks or keeping their distance. It appears enough are convinced the US economy is more important than the lives of the elderly and those suffering other medical conditions. A timely poem. At least the rainbow brings something bright and colorful. Right?

[Neville]

there is so much sadness across the whole globe isn't there .. and yes, it saddens me to see or hear of folk behaving both selfishly & irresponsibly .. I am truly glad you found these words and the flash of colour near the end... Stay safe n well my friend

Neville