something oppressive is in the air... she observed*

I wonder if you’ve felt it:

Have you too picked it up?

It’s in the air around us:

A kind of expression..

It’s almost like a “spirit”,

an alien “get-up” -

it’s not home's "high" that found us -

some kind of depression.

We want to find we’ve dealt it

a death-blow, blown it up,

a vaccine to surround us,

yeah, a vaccination.

More hugs might help us “wear it”?

I wonder what set up

would not let it confound us?

Maybe some relation,

or friend, acquaintance, smelt it,

knows where it has shown up,

could have trained, “belt & gowned” us,

helped get off! - What station?

..........

* A new friend came for tea and speaking of life in Australia she observed something that was at times difficult to express, & that we don't generally like to talk about. ... Maybe that's good NOT to give it much airplay. But we need careful diagnosis, if we are to seek fitting remedy.