The Zoom Where It Happens
I wrote this poem as a parody of ‘The Room Where It Happens’ from Broadway musical Hamilton, on Alexander Hamilton.
This is also inspired from the Hamilton parody of their own song, from which this takes its title.
Ah, Mister Rafi
My bro, hello
Did’ya see the news
about this novel coronavirus?
No
You know how I work at university?
Yeah
I can’t go there anymore,
now self-esteem’s low
and we all have to do is stay inside.
That’s a lot less work
Never thought Netflix would be saving lives
Ha.
I know self-isolation can get in your brain
but folks have been talking on Zoom all the same
It’s great
Stress less, rest more
Do whatever it takes to follow Corona’s laws
But all this technology’s annoying
Hate the twits, love the Twitter
Now I gotta go, watching Netflix over dinner
On Zoom, brother Ashton does his theatrical dramatics
and on occasion, someone’s voice goes rather quite static
people just going out for food and their tipple
as these actors just want to meet with people
they want to go back to theatre, Silhouette and sing
hard to rehearse under measures of social distancing
and it’s been five weeks since we went into lockdown
so now they must do drama in the way most profound
Looks hard but just talk on Facetime
and just watch stories unravel on Amazon Prime
no one knows what to do day to day
reading, films, boardgames, or watch online plays
but as I turn on the television anyway
I see protesters in Michigan, faces in disarray
claiming lockdown is against their rights, oh USA
and we know better than to be congregating
even in protest, we shouldn’t be meeting
Meanwhile,
Boris has skipped the COBRA committee
Meanwhile
Trump says Dettol will kill the Corona disease
who goes on TV looking always grouchy
thinks he knows better than Dr. Anthony Fauchy
maybe we can solve one problem with another, one victory with Corona, in other words
oh no
a quick, Corona cull
low blow
I’m not one for violence
but we have to trust science
and eat Netflix over dinner
I won’t be mad if they sailed down the river
when you’re not spreading the virus wide
is it too much to ask for you to stay inside?
It’s not all doom, stay home watch Disney cartoons