The drink, a curse that can't be shifted,

the upbringing harsh and too commonplace

A man victim to nothing in his control,

reaching out to steady himself.

The sad thing is, that this routine, is what my life was like before all this started. One thing we all agree with is that we are the lucky ones. We still get to go to work, we are still earning a full wage.

We are not scroungers but why should we return to your work; return to normal? Repetitious hell. Our old normal was not yours and we don’t want your new one.

Whilst poverty amongst the self-employed rises. Rises, rises, rises…so, too, do private jets.

We have not been classed, as key workers by the Government so faced challenges with childcare and being unable to work from home had to continue our daily jobs

The managers are always hard on us. Always giving us warnings when we make a mistake. I work long hours. I start work at 4am. I don’t get much free time. Or much sleep.