‘I looked in the mirror, and I didn’t like what I saw’
Oh dear…
What’s up, my friend?
Last Thursday, it was such a shock…
Tell me…
Well, I looked in the mirror, and I didn’t like what I saw…
I can imagine…
It was just, I dunno…unpleasant, upsetting…
Oh come on, I was joking! Granted, you’re not a spring chicken any more, but you’re a fine looking man!
Wha’?
You don’t need to be concerned about what you see when you look in the mirror…
No, not that type of mirror! The Irish Mirror! The newspaper! Micheál gave them an interview! LOCKDOWN ‘TIL MAY, HE SAID!
Oh…THAT? Sorry!
(They pause to visualise life before Covid, and an air of melancholy briefly inhabits their normally relatively positive outlook)
So, what do you think of it?
Ah, sure those tabloids, they’re all much the same…horses, football, celebrity gossip…
No, not…what do you think of the Irish Mirror! What do you think of what Micheál said! Another TEN WEEKS of lockdown!
I’m not sure if he actually said it! I dunno what to believe these days…it can be very confusing.
Yeah, it’s Leo one day and Micheál the next…and Stephen the next…
And poor Eamon only gets to talk to the media once a fortnight!
(They pause to count how many people are walking past their respective houses, adding on the number of dogs being walked, before agreeing that a total of 64 (humans and animals combined) walked past in less than two minutes)
Life’s boring!
Why are you specifically saying that NOW?
Well, we’ve just paused to count our neighbours and their pets!
Oh yeah…but at least the last pause was better than the first one…it had an air of melancholy!
True…but melancholy’s a part of life too. These are tough times…it’s hard for people…whether it’s eight weeks, nine weeks, ten
weeks…
Do you believe the conspiracy theories?
The one about aliens taking over the world and Bigfoot being real and Elvis still being alive and JFK faking his death? I’m not really into conspiracy theories…
It seems like you might be!
Like I said, life is boring…I may be spending a bit too long online!
I actually meant the conspiracy theories about Covid…
Oh, THOSE?
Yeah, like the one that suggests it was concocted in a lab in a faraway land run by ruthless, scheming…
Kerry? Is it Kerry? I hadn’t heard! Are we back to the Healy-Raes again this week?
No, China…
I don’t believe any of those conspiracy theories…
Neither do I…I don’t think!
(They pause to check what day it is in this world of same day-ness)
We’ll be okay, won’t we?
Huh?
We’ll get through this?
Yep. It’s tough for all of us, and some families have suffered more than others. They are in our thoughts and prayers.
We’ll come through it…
Yes, we will! We need to be vigilant. But our loved ones are there for us. We in turn should continue to look out for others. Make that call…
Yeah…and, in the future, we can look in the mirror and know that we did our bit!
Ah, the mirror! I see what you did there…
Reflects well on me?
Don’t start…
Both: Stay positive, folks…follow the guidelines…stay safe.
