Merry Nightmare & Happy New Fear

Boarding gate at Brussels Airport, March 7th, 2020.

Merry Nightmare & Happy New Fear

Ah, Gudula, come and kiss me, and for your Christmas I shall offer you a spitshield, a you-stay-afield-Garfield, a sidewalk to cross over to, so no one approaches you, safety precautions to remain suspicious, an anti-smile mask, an anti-giggle ointment, a paper helmet, a hydrobooze gel, a roll of saran wrap for a safer shag, metal shutters over all, cops’ number on speed dial, a booby-trapped safe, a bullet-proof bike, lots of protein bars, dehydrated water, rice, pasta and chocolate, rolls of paper for you-know-what, tons of beans and bacon, frozen grab from McCain’s, two or three deep freezers and five generators, a buckshot machinegun, a zombie baseball bat, an anti-migrant spray, a drifter scoped rifle, some anti-dream pills, PCR to test your ills, the vaccine that macht frei, a sanitary passport, military check-points and if paper we come to fancy, banknotes will come in handy ‘coz they’ll be worth no more than a shandy — Girl, won’t we feel good and dandy?