An ode for seafarers stranded during the coronavirus pandemic

The face of a merchant seafarer lost to the sea, The Merchant Seaman’s Memorial in Cardiff Bay. © Girl Wander

By Steve Cameron

22/04/2020

When we go to the shops with all the food on the shelves,

We buy what we want, in sixes and twelves.

For the strawberries and others, we buy out of season,

We expect them to be there, on the shelves without reason.

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