{"id":11296,"date":"2020-06-04T16:37:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T15:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=11296"},"modified":"2020-07-28T16:04:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-28T15:04:52","slug":"lockdown-by-beatrice-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themanchesterreview.co.uk\/?p=11296","title":{"rendered":"<em>Lockdown<\/em>, by Beatrice Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lockdown<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you and the view of the lamp posts, the pressed pavements and windows,<br \/>\nclamped cars and drains that have stopped swallowing city sewage.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you in the toilet taking decadent minutes to stare at soap in the cupboard<br \/>\nof the mirror\u2014you think of what you\u2019re yet to examine in your bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>In the deserted kitchen tuts of toast swaddle your socks forming<br \/>\nthe crunch of the morning while there are tasks to be done,<\/p>\n<p>but not yet, because, well.. well what? Those who are well, who lack duty,<br \/>\nsit at their desks musing about the loss of summer, the solidity of the past.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 8pm on Thursday and you\u2019re clapping, banging saucepans with neighbours<br \/>\nyou barely know, making noise for a health service that cannot stop to listen.<em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>What would happen if I smashed a plate or shaved my head or ate a pen?<br \/>\n<\/em><em>Tonight cutting a fringe feel will like committing arson, <\/em><em>\u201c<\/em><em>something\u201d a little chaotic. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s you in your bed with the five minutes of headlines you prescribe yourself\u2014<br \/>\ntoo much and you self diagnose, too little and you start constructing a future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Beatrice Bacon (L3)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Lockdown It\u2019s you and the view of the lamp posts, the pressed pavements and windows, clamped cars and drains that have stopped swallowing city sewage. 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