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# The Lockdowner’s Lament
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-lockdowners-lament/
- Published: 2022-08-31T02:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-30T06:09:57.000Z
- Author: Guest Post
- Tags: COVID-19, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:48

**Bhaskaran Raman**  
[brownstone.org](https://brownstone.org/articles/the-lockdowners-lament/?ref=goodoil.news)

*Bhaskaran Raman is a faculty in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. Views expressed here are his personal opinion. He maintains the site: “Understand, Unclog, Unpanic, Unscare, Unlock (U5) India” [https://tinyurl.com/u5india](https://tinyurl.com/u5india?ref=goodoil.news).*

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Hey you, hey all,  
Time to sound the clarion call,  
There’s a new virus in town,  
The planet must lock down,  
*I’ll show I know, I’ll show I care.*  
*I’ll work from home, in my armchair.*  
Even children are your mortal threat,  
Distancing is social, don’t forget,  
Such diktats to be swallowed,  
And science to be followed,  
*I’ll show I know, I’ll show I care.*  
*A war on dissent, I declare.*  
But with shutdowns extended,  
And all work suspended,  
How will labourers earn,  
Isn’t that a big concern,  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*Step out of your house, don’t you dare.*  
Shops and vendors small,  
Their life in free-fall,  
Savings have long run out,  
Their future in deep doubt,  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*Running from corona, my only affair.*  
Schools have shut their door,  
For weeks and months and more,  
Will kids get their education?  
Or grow their imagination?  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*Can’t pause to think, or become aware.*  
Playgrounds forcefully closed,  
Dystopian rules imposed,  
Will kids get their recreation?  
If they grow in isolation?  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*They are resilient, they can bear.*  
But isn’t it most vile,  
To hide a child’s smile,  
Behind a dirty screen,  
As never-ending routine,  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*Masks save lives, I solemnly swear.*  
When the miraculous injection,  
Cannot prevent infection,  
Why coerce and mandate?  
Show discrimination or hate?  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*Punishing disobedience, is only fair.*  
Having caused so much damage,  
Escaping the virus, did you manage?  
Was societal wreckage needed?  
If only to reason, you’d heeded?  
*I don’t know, I don’t care.*  
*I don’t have time to spare.*  
Ever wrong, cent percent,  
Will you apologize or repent?  
*I don’t care, I don’t know,*  
*I don’t care to know.*  
*I don’t know, I don’t care,*  
*I don’t know how to care.*

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