Déja vu
It has been like this before; a Forties feeling to it.
At the outset: ‘phoney war’ – later we went through it.
There’s a bitter twist this time: old-age isolation
And the sordid petty crime of telly deprivation.
(Note by Juliet: he means the over-70s having to pay for their TV licences)
2022 and all that 