Flattened

The world is round 
But co vid 19 
Makes the flat earth real 

Not only real but tilted at a 45 degree angle
With everyone just hanging on 
With a lost sense of where the floor and ceiling are 

North
East
West
South 

The first letters of which make the news 
But when the news is bleak all over the flattened globe where do you turn 

Official sources soundbites and daily briefings

Follow the science baffle yourself with scientific journals and 100 expert opinions

Alternative news with alternative facts all for a moderate fee we will make the world make sense they say just abandon logic

We use to call that lies and paranoia
Now it's Broadcast 24 hours a day from a news  station just outside Moscow or is it Arkansas Texas or the Philippines could be bloody anywhere

All the while everyone is just hanging on 
Hanging on in isolation
Resisting the urge to be driven to drink
Hanging on in jobs wondering whether it's safe to go or whether your job will be here next week hanging on in strained  relationships and some are getting to the end of the rope 

Keep hanging  on perhaps the world will transmogrify into a less challenging shape