There’ll be some collateral damage from the COVID situation

One could be the demise of the MAN-HUG infatuation

No longer will some squirm at another man’s touch

Be put through that torment and will not miss it much

From now on it be a wink or even nod of the head

That male on male greeting may have been put to bed

The handshake could be under scrutiny too, and maybe canned

Just because people do not properly wash their own hands

What will be expected in future beginning with here and now

Might be replication of the Indian greeting .. hand up and say how

And kissing, well let’s face it can no longer possibly survive

The key put straight in the ignition ‘when you go for a drive’

It’ll be knuckles and elbows and those waves from afar

Thousands of lonely people sitting by themselves in a spa

With populations shit scared of any further viral trouble

And keen to exist solely in their own personal bubble

There will be brave people though who won’t take this tack

Who’ll stick their tongue in an ear and lick sweat off a back

They’ll stay true to traditions such as leather and lace

Smart, lucky bastards who’ll die with … a smile on face!

John Mason 02/ 04/2020