Welcome to The Timeless Zone

 (Picture Credit - Mental Floss)

Welcome to the Timeless Zone,

Vast as space and timeless as infinity.

A surreal dimension

Located somewhere between

A normal New Year 2020

And the imagined end

Of the Coronavirus Lockdown.

A dimension of sight, sound and mind

Taking us from the pit of superstition and fear,

To the sunlight of scientific knowledge.

The days pass endlessly

As we look for something to do

Again and again.

No meetings to go to,

Our year-planners and diaries

Consigned to being buried in dust.

Here we sit

In twilight:

Idly watching TV

Or catching up on household chores.

We take a daily walk

Even jog

And occasionally pop to the shops.

Shops that is, where you have to follow the arrows

Keep in your own little zone

Do Not Pass Go

Go straight to Jail –

I mean The Counter:

Once you have followed the maze

Of often empty shelves

Ransacked by Panic Buyers.

And at the counter you are served

By workers in gloves and plastic visors.

You must stay behind that line!

But mainly we sit like zombies,

Passing away the time.

At least the pressure is off:

Nowhere to go

Nothing to do.

But look!

A sign up ahead.

Maybe a crossing.

I hope it says

“The End”.

Paul Butters

© PB 19\4\2020. With due credit to “The Twilight Zone” TV series.