Joey Scarfone is a Victoria resident, retired goldsmith and author of Vintage Cars of Victoria B次元官网网址� a beautifully illustrated book on just that. For a while he also owned his own record and music store, Lazy JoeB次元官网网址檚 Vinyl Emporium in Fernwood Square.

Scarfone is also an amateur musician and photographer/videographer who has a way with words and he sent fellow Black Press publication Monday a heartfelt poem based on the B次元官网网址渟trange timesB次元官网网址� weB次元官网网址檙e in right now due to the .

B次元官网网址淭hese times are unprecedented,B次元官网网址� he says of his motivation for writing the verses. B次元官网网址淚tB次元官网网址檚 how I deal with my anxiety, to be honest. As a human race weB次元官网网址檙e pretty helpless right now, weB次元官网网址檙e on the ropes.B次元官网网址�

A regular jammer at The Loft Pub on Gorge Road, he also worries about working musicians who are out of work. He notes that even busking on the street is not very effective given the lack of passersby B次元官网网址� let alone those willing to use cash.

Despite his misgivings about what the future holds, his poem does have an optimistic ending.

Here it is in written form:

Desperate Dogs

grey sky blocking the sun

streets are deserted but thereB次元官网网址檚 nowhere to run

the first day of spring

seems like the last day of fall

and the desperate dogs are watching it allB次元官网网址�..

they watch from the markets that have emptied their shelves

they watch from the shops that are closed

they watch from their balconies, afraid for themselves

they watch from their kids who need clothes

it happened so fastB次元官网网址�..like wind through the trees

no one knew what was going on

the whole human race was brought to its knees

something was really wrong

****

so the dogs stayed at home B次元官网网址榗ause being alone

was the only thing they could do

they needed a plan, or maybe superman

would help them make it throughB次元官网网址�B次元官网网址�

through the war theyB次元官网网址檝e never fought before

through the losses they would endure

through the jobs that arenB次元官网网址檛 there anymore

through the hope theyB次元官网网址檒l find a cure

and then the dogs did what they do bestB次元官网网址�.

they went for a walk and started to talk

and eventually got a grip

the desperate dogs howled at the moon

and got on board with the trip

editor@mondaymag.com
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